BMC Veterinary Research

Table 1 The results of viremia and cloacal swab testing of progeny chicks after artificial insemination using the ALV-J positive and negative semen

From: Vertical transmission of avian leukosis virus subgroup J (ALV-J) from hens infected through artificial insemination with ALV-J infected semen

	1d		1w		2w		3w
	experimental	Control	experimental	Control	experimental	Control	experimental	Control
viremia	0/34	0/31	1/30^a (3.3%)	0/30	0/25	0/30	0/22	0/28
cloacal swabs	7/34 (20.6%)	0/31	9/30^b (30%)	0/30	5/25 (20%)	0/30	4/22 (18.2%)	0/28

^aThe chicken were dead at 10-days-old
^bThree chickens were dead between 7 to 14 days of age in these nine chickens

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