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Table 2 Summary of post mortem findings

From: Vaccination sequence effects on immunological response and tissue bacterial burden in paratuberculosis infection in a rabbit model

Group

Animal

Gross pathologya

Tissue qPCR GE/g

Tissue culture

SR

VA

MUC

SR

VA

MUC

SR

VA

ICV.IL

MLN

 

ST

NIC

0

1

2

3

++

++

+

246

42.9

86.7

+

+

+

+

IC

4

+

++

+

5.13

+

+

 

5

+

+

620

6

+

+

+

37.8

+

+

7

+

+

200

105

6.27

+

8

IVS

9

++

10

+

1130

12

13

1690

38.4

19

258

2.45

+

VSI

20

NA

7.16

23

+

+

24

  1. NIC: non infected control, IC: infected control, IVS: infected before vaccination, VSI: vaccinated before infection, SR: sacculus rotundus, VA: vermiform appendix, MUC: ileum and jejunum mucosa, ICV.IL: ileocecal valve and Ileum, MLN: mesenteric lymph node, NA: not analyzed.
  2. aGross pathology consisting of the following: pale white reactive spots and severe wall thickening (++) and increased vascularity and mild wall thickening (+).