Figure 5From: Analysis of the lung microbiota in dogs with Bordetella bronchiseptica infection and correlation with culture and quantitative polymerase chain reactionBacterial load in healthy dogs and dogs affected withB. bronchiseptica. Box plot representing the logarithm of the number of 16S rDNA copies per microliter (bacterial load) between healthy (n = 4) and diseased dogs (n = 7). The medians are represented by the central horizontal bars. The lower and upper limits of the box are the first and third quartiles, respectively. *P = 0.004.Back to article page