Figure 3

Viral load in liver and pancreas. Means and standard deviations of the viral genome copies per reaction (log₁₀) in (A) liver and (B) pancreas of orally inoculated SPF layer and SPF broiler chickens from groups L1, B1, L2 and B2 at 4, 7 and 10 dpi quantified by real-time PCR. Values of groups B1 and B2 at 7 dpi correspond to pooled birds that were euthanized and sampled between 5 and 7 dpi due to poor condition. All dead and killed birds at each investigated time point from each group (Table 1) were included. Negative results are indicated with §. There were no SPF broilers alive at 10 dpi (¥). Mean values with different lowercase letters at each time point are significantly different (P < 0.05).