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Figure 5

From: Effects of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) on thyroid hormone metabolism in the late gestation fetus

Figure 5

Serum Thyroid hormone. Boxplot of thyroxine (T4) (A) and reverse-triiodothyronine (rT3) (B) measured in fetal serum using liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC–MS/MS) and converted to SI unit (nmol/L). Fetuses of Sham inoculated control (CON, n = 6) and PRRSV-2 challenged dams at 21 days post maternal infection. Fetuses from challenged dams were classified based on serum and thymus viral load as being uninfected (UNIF, n = 6), high viral load viable (HV-VIA, n = 6), or high viral load with meconium staining (HV-MEC, n = 6). Different superscripts denoting statistical differences between groups (P < 0.05).

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