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Table 1 Number of Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis fecal culture and tissue culture-positive calves in the 3 experimental groups

From: Fecal shedding and tissue infections demonstrate transmission of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in group-housed dairy calves

Calf status

Fecal culturea

Tissue cultureb

1

2

3

4

0

1

2

3

Inoculated (n = 14)

0

1

3

10

0

1

4

9

Contact-exposed (n = 14)

3

10

1

0

7

7

0

0

Control (n = 4)

4

0

0

0

4

0

0

0

  1. a1, calves with 0–4 fecal culture positive samples; 2, calves with 5–9 fecal culture-positive samples; 3, calves with 10–14 culture-positive samples; and 4, calves with ≥ 15 fecal culture-positive samples.
  2. b0, calves with 0 tissue culture-positive samples; 1, calves with 1–3 tissue culture-positive samples; 2, calves with 4–6 tissue culture-positive samples; and 3, calves with > 6 tissue culture-positive samples.
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Veterinary Research

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