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Table 1 Scoring and severity of scoring criteria for ultrastructural changes following in-vitro inoculation by whole cell and LPS endotoxin of P. multocida B:2

From: Ultrastructural changes in endothelial cells of buffaloes following in-vitro exposure to Pasteurella multocida B:2

Normal

Score 0

Early events

(Mild)

Score 1

Intermediate events

(Moderate)

Score 2

Late events

(Severe)

Score 3

Normal organelles

Mitochondrial swelling

Mitochondrial cristolysis

Mitochondrial vacuoles

Cytocavity network dilation

Cytocavity network membrane fragmentation

Cytoplasmic vesiculation

Nuclear envelope dilatation

Nuclear envelope collapse and invagination

Nuclear envelope disintegration

Eccentric nucleoli

Nucleoplasm rarefaction

Nuclear chromatin peripheralisation