Evidence of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) shedding in semen from infected specific pathogen-free boars

Table 2 PEDV genome loads (number of genome copies/g of tissue) detected in the tissues collected from SPF boars following necropsy

Boar	Status	Jejunum Peyer’s patches	Ileum Peyer’s patches	Mesenteric nodes	Ileum	Duodenum	Jejunum	Colon	Inguinal nodes	Spleen	Liver	Lung	Psoas muscle	Epididymis
Boar	Status	Jejunum Peyer’s patches	Ileum Peyer’s patches	Mesenteric nodes	Ileum	Duodenum	Jejunum	Colon	Inguinal nodes	Spleen	Liver	Lung	Psoas muscle	Right			Left
F1	PEDV inoculated	2.85 × 10⁷	3.88 × 10⁶	2.41 × 10⁵	1.65 × 10⁶	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
F2	PEDV inoculated	1.07 × 10⁷	8.70 × 10⁵	5.72 × 10⁴	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Boar	Testicle						Seminal vesicle				Prostate		Cowper’s glands		Vas deferens		Spermatic cord
	Right			Left			Right		Left		Right	Left	Right	Left	Right	Left	Right	Left
	Distal pole	Central axis	Apical pole	Distal pole	Central axis	Apical pole	Distal pole	Apical pole	Distal pole	Apical pole	Right	Left	Right	Left	Right	Left	Right	Left
F1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
F2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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