Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae-specific T-cell responses after experimental infection of chickens selectively bred for high and low serum levels of mannose-binding lectin

Table 1 Experimental outline with procedures undertaken in the experimental groups

Group	Sampling group	Sex^a	MHC^b	Experimental day
Group	Sampling group	Sex^a	MHC^b	− 7	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
L10H inf.	A n = 7	F 5, M 2	193/193 5, 193/448 2	W	BI	B		B							BW				B				BWP
L10H inf.	B n = 7	F 3, M 4	193/193 5, 193/448 2	W	BI		B		B			B			BW				B				BWP
L10L inf.	A n = 6	F 4, M 2	193/193 6	W	BI	B		B							BW				B				BWP
L10L inf.	B n = 6	F 1, M 5	193/193 6	W	BI		B		B			B			BW				B				BWP
L10H uninf.	A n = 7	F 3, M 4	193/193 4, 193/448 3	W	B	B		B							BW				B				BWP
L10H uninf.	B n = 7	F 3, M 4	193/193 3, 193/448 4	W	B		B		B			B			BW				B				BWP
L10L uninf.	A n = 6	F 4, M 2	193/193 6	W	B	B		B							BW				B				BWP
L10L uninf.	B n = 5	F 3, M 2	193/193 5	W	B		B		B			B			BW				B				BWP

L10H infected (inf.), L10L infected, L10H uninfected (uninf.) and L10L uninfected with sampling groups A and B, respectively, on the indicated experimental days.
^aNumber of chickens of each sex in the respective sampling groups, F = female, M = male. Sex was determined at post-mortem examination.
^bNumber of chickens of each MHC haplotype in the respective sampling groups, 193/193 = 193 bp homozygous, 193/448 = 193 bp/448 bp heterozygous. For details see “Materials and methods”.
W weighing, B blood sampling, I infection, P post-mortem examination and spleen collection.

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