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Table 4 Estimated SAV3 shedding rate into tank-seawater from experimentally bath challenged Atlantic salmon post-smolts

From: Relationship between viral dose and outcome of infection in Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L., post-smolts bath-challenged with salmonid alphavirus subtype 3

Dose (dpe)

Estimated shedding rate ± SEM (TCID50 h−1 kg−1 × 103)

7

10

14

17

22

Low

0.76 ± 0.11 (0%)

1.36 (4%)

1.61 ± 0.28 (28%)

0 (na)

2.90 ± 0.36 (17%)

Medium

2.16 ± 1.20 (17%)

7.11 ± 3.02 (21%)

2.74 ± 0.74 (67%)

13.39 ± 10.96 (na)

21.25 ± 16.08 (88%)

High

2.66 ± 0.05 (63%)

24.13 ± 13.44 (81%)

7.73 ± 5.27 (100%)

4.74 ± 1.81 (na)

6.21 ± 0.02 (81%)

  1. Mean percentage prevalence of viraemic fish is given in brackets.
  2. na: not applicable; dpe: days post-exposure.