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Influenza Infection in Wild Raccoons

Jeffrey S. Hall¹

, Kevin T. Bentler, Gabrielle Landolt, Stacey A. Elmore, Richard B. Minnis, Tyler A. Campbell, Scott C. Barras, J. Jeffrey Root, John Pilon, Kristy Pabilonia, Cindy Driscoll, Dennis Slate, Heather Sullivan, and Robert G. McLean

Author affiliations: US Department of Agriculture National Wildlife Research Center, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA (J.S. Hall, K.T. Bentler, S.A. Elmore, J.J. Root, J. Pilon, H. Sullivan, R.G. McLean); Colorado State University College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Fort Collins (G. Landolt, K. Pabilonia); Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi, USA (R.B. Minnis); US Department of Agriculture National Wildlife Research Center, Kingsville, Texas, USA (T.A. Campbell); US Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services, Moreley, Virginia, USA (S.C. Barras); Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Oxford, Maryland, USA (C. Driscoll); US Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services, Concord, New Hampshire, USA (D. Slate)

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Antibody production in raccoons experimentally infected with avian influenza virus (H4N8)*

Raccoon ID	Day postinoculation															Final subtype†
Raccoon ID	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final subtype†
264	N	N		N		N		N		N		N		N
275	N	N		N		N		N		N		N		N
256	N	N		N		N		N		WP		SP		SP		H4N8
253	N	N		N		N		N		N		N		N
260‡	N	NS		N		N		N		N		N		N
262‡	P		P		P		P		P		P		WP		WP	H4N8§
258	N		N		N		N		N		N		N		N
257	N		N		N		N		N		N		N		N
259	N		N		N		N		N		¶					–
263	SP		SP		SP		SP		SP		SP		SP		SP	H4N8§

*Antibodies were detected by agar gel immunodiffusion, and final subtyping was determined at the National Veterinary Services Laboratories (Ames, IA, USA). N, negative; WP, weakly positive; SP, strongly positive; NS, not sampled; P, positive.
†H, hemagglutinin; N, neuraminidase.
‡Uninoculated raccoons housed in adjacent cages to infected raccoons.
§These raccoons had preexisting antibodies (262:H10N7, 1:10; 263:H4N6 1:40).
¶Raccoon humanely killed 8 days postinoculation.

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¹Current affiliation: US Geological Survey National Wildlife Health Center, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.

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