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Table 2 Proportion (%) of animals showing MP and lung lesion score (mean ± SD) at 28 dpi

From: Induction of mycoplasmal pneumonia in experimentally infected pigs by means of different inoculation routes

Group

No. of animals with MP/Total no. of animals (%)

Ph. Eur. score including all animals per group (mean ± SD)

Ph. Eur. score of animals showing MP per group (mean ± SD)

Control

0/6 (0.0)a

0.0 (± 0.0)a

0.0 (± 0.0)a

ET

7/8 (87.5)b

9.5 (± 9.8)b

10.8 (± 9.8)b

IN

2/8 (25.0)a

0.9 (± 1.6)a

3.6 (± 0.1)a

AE

3/8 (37.5)a

1.4 (± 2.7)a

3.7 (± 3.3)a

  1. Different superscripts within a column indicate significant differences between groups (p < 0.05).