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Table 1 Results of ileal Peyer’s patch samples with reference to BSE status and Obex IHC results

From: Detection of PrPBSE and prion infectivity in the ileal Peyer’s patch of young calves as early as 2 months after oral challenge with classical bovine spongiform encephalopathy

Months pi

Animal ID

Status

Obex (IHC)

Ileal Peyer’s patch

IHC

PMCA

Tgbov XV mouse bioassay#

0 (n = 2)

(= 1 week pi)

WAIT 17

Preclinical

neg.

neg.

7/19, 567 ± 43

WAIT 18

Preclinical

neg.

neg.

2/21, 424 ± 76

2 (n = 2)

WAIT 15

Preclinical

neg.

neg.

+

12/20, 537 ± 42

WAIT 16

Preclinical

neg.

neg.

3/21, 525 ± 47

ICJ: +s.pl.*

ICJ: −

4 (n = 6)

WAIT 11

Preclinical

neg.

pos.

3/20, 567 ± 58

WAIT 12

Preclinical

neg.

pos.

+ (+)

17/20, 396 ± 28 (~)

WAIT 13

Preclinical

neg.

pos.

+

14/20, 449 ± 19 (~)

WAIT 14

Preclinical

neg.

pos.

++

20/20, 362 ± 12

WAIT 19

Preclinical

neg.

inconcl.

+

10/20, 473 ± 17 (~)

WAIT 20

Preclinical

neg.

pos.

++ (+)

20/20, 315 ± 11

6 (n = 6)

WAIT 05

Preclinical

neg.

pos.

++

19/20, 307 ± 15

WAIT 06

Preclinical

neg.

pos.

++

19/20, 368 ± 16

WAIT 07

Preclinical

neg.

pos.

+ (+)

19/20, 383 ± 15 (~)

WAIT 08

Preclinical

neg.

pos.

++ (+)

20/20, 319 ± 8

WAIT 09

Preclinical

neg.

pos.

++

20/20, 366 ± 14

WAIT 10

Preclinical

neg.

pos.

+

19/20, 383 ± 16

8 (n = 2)

WAIT 02

Preclinical

neg.

neg.

++ (+)

18/20, 401 ± 21

WAIT 03

Preclinical

neg.

pos.

+++

18/20, 396 ± 12

8 (n = 2)

WAKT 01

Negative control

neg.

neg.

0/20, > 730

WAKT 02

Negative control

neg.

neg.

0/20, > 730

35 (n = 1)

WAIT 04

3 (Positive control)

pos.

pos.

+++

Not done

36 (n = 1)

WAIT 01

2 (Positive control)

pos.

pos.

++ (+)

Not done

  1. pi: post infection; ICJ: ileocaecal junction; IHC: immunohistochemistry; neg.: negative; pos.: positive; inconcl.: inconclusive; +s.pl.*: positive submucosal plexus (only seen with mAb 6C2); PMCA: protein misfolding cyclic amplification; +: positive in the third round; ++: positive in the second and third round; +++: positive from the first round; (+): weak positive; −: negative; # positive/inoculated mice and mean incubation time in days ± standard error of the mean (SEM); (~) bioassay is ongoing: so far positive/inoculated mice and their mean incubation time in days ± standard error of the mean (SEM).