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Table 1 Clinical score (CS), lung lesion score (LLS) and histological evaluation of lung lesions in control and infected animals

From: Host-pathogen interplay at primary infection sites in pigs challenged with Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae

Group

Clinical score

Lung lesion score

Histological evaluation

Control (n = 4)

0 (0–0.75)

0 (0–0.6)

Moderate infiltrates of neutrophils and macrophages in interalveolar septa

Infected (n = 6)

4 (2.75–5.5)**

7.39 (3.1–16.56)**

Fibrinopurulent, necrotizing, hemorrhagic pleuropneumonia

  1. **p ≤0.01; Wilcoxon rank sum test
  2. CS prior to death (8 hpi) and LLS at the time of the necropsy are expressed as median (interquartile range). Significant values are marked in bold