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Table 1 Summary results of gallinaceous poultry challenged with 6 log 10 EID 50 of A/northern pintail/Washington/40964/2014 (H5N2) and A/gyrfalcon/Washington/40188-6/2014 (H5N8).

From: Pathobiology and innate immune responses of gallinaceous poultry to clade 2.3.4.4A H5Nx highly pathogenic avian influenza virus infection

Species

H5N2

H5N8

Mortalitya

MDTb

Log10 BID50c

Mortalitya

MDTb

Log10 BID50c

Chicken

3/5 (60%)

3.0

5.7

5/5 (100%)

4.1

4.4

Japanese quail

4/5 (80%)

2.8

3.7

4/5 (80%)

2.5

3.2

Bobwhite quail

7/7 (100%)

4.7

< 2

8/8 (100%)

4.9

< 2

Pearl guinea fowl

5/5 (100%)

2.8

3.0

5/5 (100%)

3.8

3.0

Chukar partridge

8/8 (100%)

4.1

3.6

7/8 (87.5%)

5.2

3.6

Ring-necked pheasant

8/8 (100%)

4.7

3.4

8/8 (100%)

4.8

3.0

  1. a#dead birds/total (%)
  2. bMDT, mean death time: #dead birds × dpc/total dead birds (expressed as dpc). MDTs were not statistically different among species or between viruses
  3. cBID50, mean bird infectious dose