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Table 1 Summary of external abscess records and post-mortem examination results

From: Association between haptoglobin and IgM levels and the clinical progression of caseous lymphadenitis in sheep

Group

Animals

Post mortem examination

Final diagnosis

#1 - Control animals inoculated with sterile 0.9% saline solution

# 001

No abscess

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# 002

No abscess

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# 003

No abscess

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# 2 - Experimental infection with 2 × 105 CFU C. pseudotuberculosis VD57 wild strain

# 122

Three abscesses in the inoculation site, one in the right cervical lymph node and 17 abscesses in the lungs

Positive

# 150

Eight abscesses in the lungs

Positive

# 156

One abscess in the lungs and one in the liver

Positive

# 181

Two abscesses in the lungs

Positive

# 189

One abscess in the lungs and one in the liver

Positive

# 602

No abscess

Negative

# 3 - Immunization with 250 μg CDM antigen and 1.5 mg saponins

# 51

One abscess in the left parotid lymph node and one in the liver

Positive

# 61

One abscess in the left cervical lymph node

Positive

# 141

One abscess in the right parotid lymph node

Positive

# 155

No abscess

Negative

# 161

No abscess

Negative

# 295

No abscess

Negative

  1. The final diagnosis was used to cluster animals by their disease status: with CLA lesions (positive) or without CLA lesions (negative).