Volume 26, Number 2—February 2020
Research
Porcine Deltacoronavirus Infection and Transmission in Poultry, United States1
Patricia A. Boley, Moyasar A. Alhamo, Geoffrey Lossie, Kush Kumar Yadav, Marcia Vasquez-Lee, Linda J. Saif, and Scott P. Kenney
Table 2
Effect of porcine deltacoronavirus on villus height:crypt depth ratios of ileum or jejunum in experimental chicks*
| Characteristics |
Uninfected, n = 6 |
Infected, n = 6 |
Sentinel, n = 5 |
| Villous height | 370 | 353 | 547 |
| Crypt depth | 64 | 84 | 94 |
| Ratio of villous height to crypt depth | 6.15 | 4.26 | 5.87 |
*Values are expressed in millimeters and represent the average of <10 measurements/bird at 14 d postinoculation with porcine deltacoronavirus. Bold text indicates statistically significant difference, p = 0.04.
1Preliminary results of this study were presented at the Conference of Research Workers in Animal Diseases, December 1–4, 2018, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
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