Volume 15, Number 12—December 2009
Letter
Susceptibility of Poultry to Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 Virus
David E. Swayne
, Mary Pantin-Jackwood, Darrell Kapczynski, Erica Spackman, and David L. Suarez
, Mary Pantin-Jackwood, Darrell Kapczynski, Erica Spackman, and David L. Suarez
Table
Results of testing for influenza A pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus in oropharyngeal swabs of experimental quail
| Group | Sampling day (days postinoculation) for oropharyngeal swab* |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | |
| Intranasally inoculated | 2/5 (100.9) | 5/5 (102.8) | 0/5 | 0/5 |
| Contact | 0/5 | 0/5 | 0/5 | 0/5 |
*Number virus positive/total sampled (average titer of positive samples, mean chicken embryo infectious doses). Test results for all cloacal swabs were negative.
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