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Table 1 Experimental design.

From: Experimental caprine neosporosis: the influence of gestational stage on the outcome of infection

Group

Number of pregnant goats

Number of foetuses/kids

Days of gestation at the time of inoculation

Inoculum (IV)

G1

7

10

40

Nc-Spain7 106 tachyzoites

G2

7

8

90

Nc-Spain7 106 tachyzoites

G3

7

8

120

Nc-Spain7 106 tachyzoites

G4

3–3–3

3–3–3

40–90–120a

PBS

  1. IV: intravenous route.
  2. aIn G4, 3 goats correspond to each time-point of inoculation (40, 90 and 120) and were culled at the average day of abortion of each group (i.e., 10 (n = 2) and 20 (n = 1) dpi for G1; 31 dpi for G2, n = 2) or parturition of kids (55 dpi for G2, n = 1 and 16–20 dpi for G3, n = 3).