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Table 2 Quantification of PCV1 positive cells in different foetal organs collected at 21 days post-PCV1 inoculation.

From: Outcome of experimental porcine circovirus type 1 infections in mid-gestational porcine foetuses

Strain

Sow no.

Inoculated foetusa

Number of PCV1 positive cells/10 mm2 tissue

   

Heart

Lungs

Spleen

Liver

Kidney

Thymus

Tonsils

Ileum

Cerebrum

CCL33

S1

R1

-

121

6

4

-

-

-

-

-

CCL33

S2

R2

-

31

3

2

-

-

1

-

-

CCL33

S3

R1

-

28

-

NA

NA

NA

-

-

NA

3384

S1

R4

-

4

-

-

-

-

NA

NA

-

3384

S2

R3

4

13

-

-

-

3

-

-

-

3384

S3

R2

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

NA

-

  1. a Foetuses were identified by their position in the uterus. R = right horn. Numbering is in sequence from ovary to cervix.
  2. NA: not available; -: no positive cells detected