Volume 20, Number 1—January 2014
Dispatch
Novel Avian Coronavirus and Fulminating Disease in Guinea Fowl, France
Table 2
Case | Duodenum | Ileum/colon | Pancreas | Spleen | Bursa of Fabricius |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Inoculated | 5/5 | 5/5 | 0/5 | 0/5 | 1/5 |
Contact | 3/5 | 5/5 | 0/5 | 0/5 | 1/5 |
Uninfected control | 0/5 | 0/5 | 0/5 | 0/5 | 0/5 |
Field† | 5/5 | 5/5 | NT | NT | NT |
*Data are no. of coronavirus PCR–positive birds/total no. of birds. NT, not tested.
†Intestines (pooled duodenum, ileum, colon samples) from 5 field cases were tested (5–10 birds tested per clinical case). The 5 cases were selected on the basis of clinical signs (severe prostration and death rate >50%).
1These authors contributed equally to this article.
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