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Table 2 Number of the uninoculated chickens infected by avian HEV in the cage-free and caged groups

From: Effect of housing arrangement on fecal-oral transmission of avian hepatitis E virus in chicken flocks

Housing arrangements

Seroconversion to avian HEV

Fecal virus shedding

Viremia

Gross lesions

Microscopic lesions

Cage-free (Inoculated)

6/6

6/6

6/6

5/6

5/6

Caged (Inoculated)

0/6

2/6

1/6

0/6

1/6

Cage-free (Negative)

0/6

0/6

0/6

0/6

0/6

Caged (Negative)

0/6

0/6

0/6

0/6

0/6

  1. The chickens were infected as evidenced by seroconversion, fecal virus shedding, viremia and gross and microscopic lesions of livers. The number was shown as positive number/total number