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Table 1 Experimental design and clinical outcome of experimental animals according to the day of gestation when infected: day 40 (G1), day 90 (G2) and das 120 (G3) and the day post-infection (dpi) when ewes were culled or abortion occurred

From: Peripheral and placental immune responses in sheep after experimental infection with Toxoplasma gondii at the three terms of gestation

 

Number of sheep

Foetal death/stillbirthsa

(Serial culling)

6–16 dpi

17–26 dpi

12 dpi

19 dpi

26 dpi

G1 (n = 12)

2/0b

1/0b

1/1b

3/1b

2/1b

G2 (n = 12)

4/0

1/0

1/1

2/1

1/1

G3 (n = 12)

2/0

4/0

2/1

1/1

0/1

  1. aSpontaneous abortions or stillbirths occurring in that group, the other timepoints (12, 19 and 26 dpi) correspond to serials culling of pregnant ewes.
  2. bInfected/control sheep.