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Table 1 Faecal shedding of MAP before and after oral inoculation and shedding category of animal

From: Characterization of a caprine model for the subclinical initial phase of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis infection

Group

Animal No.

Week p. i.

Shedding category a)

-3

1

6

10

14

18

22

26

30

34

38

42

44

46

K1

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

2

-

-

co.

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

#

  

-

3

-

n.a.

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

4

-

-

co.

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

5

-

-

co.

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

6

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

V1

7

-

-

X

X

X

X

X

X

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

8

-

-

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

3

9

-

-

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

3

10

-

-

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

3

11

-

-

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

-

-

-

-

-

1

12

-

-

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

-

-

-

-

-

1

13

-

-

X

X

X

-

-

-

-

-

X

X

X

X

2

V2

14

-

-

X

X

X

X

X

X

-

X

-

#

  

nd

15

-

-

X

X

-

-

X

-

-

-

-

X

-

-

2

16

-

-

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

-

#

   

nd

17

-

X

X

X

X

X

X

-

-

-

-

#

  

nd

18

-

-

X

X

X

X

X

X

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

19

-

-

-

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

3

20

-

-

X

X

-

-

-

n.a.

-

-

-

#

  

nd

K2

21

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

22

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

23

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

24

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

25

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

26

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

V3

27

-

X

X

X

X

X

-

-

X

X

X

X

X

X

2

28

-

-

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

-

-

-

-

-

1

29

-

X

X

X

X

X

X

-

-

-

-

-

-

#

nd

30

-

-

X

X

X

X

X

-

-

-

-

-

X

-

2

31

-

-

X

X

X

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

32

-

X

X

X

X

-

X

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

V4

33

-

-

X

X

X

X

X

X

-

-

X

-

X

-

2

34

-

-

X

X

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

X

-

-

2

35

-

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

3

36

-

-

X

X

X

-

-

-

-

X

#

   

nd

37

-

-

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

3

38

-

-

X

X

X

X

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

39

-

X

X

X

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

  1. a)Shedding category: 1 – stopping before 34 wpi; 2 – intermittent; 3 – continuously; X, positive faecal culture; n.a., not available; co., contaminated; #, animal no longer available (necropsy); nd, not defined.