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Table 2 Whole Gut Transit Time (WGTT) in individual Group A animals, subdivided into the transit durations in the stomach (Gastric Residence Time, GRT), small intestine (Small Bowel Transit Time, SBTT), and large intestine (Colon Transit Time, CTT)

From: Detection of live M. bovis BCG in tissues and IFN-γ responses in European badgers (Meles meles) vaccinated by oropharyngeal instillation or directly in the ileum

Animal ID

GRT

SBTT

CTT

WGTT

Delivery area

7D63

12:27

05:31

14:56

32:56:00

Ileum

9377

12:53

09:52

NR

NR

Ileum

A482

03:04

06:38

22:02

31:46

Ileum

903E

13:02

05:31

15:28

34:03

Ileum

9A39

10:07

04:25

18:34

33:07

Ileum

76C6

15:27

03:04

39:09

57:41

Colon

Group results

 Average

11:10

05:50

22:02

37:54

 

 SD

04:18

02:18

09:58

11:05

 Min

03:04

3:04 1

04:56

31:46

 Max

15:02

7 9:52

39:09

57:04

  1. WGTT or CTT were not calculated for badger 9377 due to battery exhaustion before excretion (“Not Recorded”, NR). Time expressed in hr.:min format