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Table 1 Highest clinical score of each S. suis cps3 infected piglet with or w/o buprenorphine treatment

From: A new S. suis serotype 3 infection model in pigs: lack of effect of buprenorphine treatment to reduce distress

infection dose: 2 × 107 CFU

infection dose: 2 × 108 CFU

untreated

buprenorphine-treated

untreated

buprenorphine-treated

animal number

score

dpi

animal number

score

dpi

animal number

score

dpi

animal number

score

dpi

1

4

3

6

0

/

1

25

1

9

5

5

2

0

/

7

9

1

2

17

2

10

3

3

3

25a

2

8

4

14

3

25a

1

11

8

1

4

7

1

9

12

2

4

3

2

12

17

1

5

3

1

10

15

1

5

2

2

13

25a

1

      

6

25a

1

14

25a

1

      

7

11

3

15

2

1

      

8

1

1

16

25

2

γb

7.8

 

γb

8.0

 

γb

13.6

 

γb

13.8

 
  1. Aprematurely euthanized piglets due to reaching humane endpoints
  2. bγ = Σscoremax/nanimals