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Table 3 Individual data for recipient chickens in sub-passage study

From: Studies of the transmissibility of the agent of bovine spongiform encephalopathy to the domestic chicken

Bird identification

Primary exposure group source of inoculum

Sex

Survival time (days)

Experimental outcome (E/D)b

387

Parenteral BSE

m

111

(E) Pecking trauma

391

Parenteral BSE

f

131

(E) Neurological signs/NSL

392

Parenteral BSE

f

353

(E) Prolapsed oviduct

385

Parenteral BSE

m

916

(E) Neurological signs/NSL

384

Parenteral BSE

m

1059

(D) Pneumonia

390

Parenteral BSE

f

1217

(E) Ovarian adenocarcinoma

393

Parenteral BSE

f

1229

(E) Ovarian adenocarcinoma

395

Parenteral BSE

f

1266

(E) Ovarian adenocarcinoma

379

Parenteral BSE

m

1377

(E) Neurological signs/NSL

394

Parenteral BSE

f

1728

(D) Ovarian adenocarcinoma

389

Parenteral BSE

f

1728

(E) Ovarian adenocarcinoma

376

Parenteral BSE

m

1834

Terminal kill/NSL

378

Parenteral BSE

m

1834

Terminal kill/NSL

382

Parenteral BSE

m

1834

Terminal kill/NSL

388

Parenteral BSE

m

1834

Terminal kill/NSL

945

Oral BSE

f

154

(E) Pecking injuries

943

Oral BSE

f

209

(E) Pecking injuries

930

Oral BSE

m

353

(E) Crop impaction

931

Oral BSE

m

353

(E) Crop impaction

942

Oral BSE

f

448

(E) Egg peritonitis

928

Oral BSE

m

891

(E) Musculoskeletal/neurological signs

935

Oral BSE

f

940

(E) Wing fracture

937

Oral BSE

f

951

(E) Musculoskeletal/neurological signs

929

Oral BSE

m

967

(E) Neurological signs

927

Oral BSE

m

1258

(D) Previous neurological signs.

946

Oral BSE

f

1483

(E) Egg peritonitis

939

Oral BSE

f

1636

(D) Ovarian adenocarcinoma

933

Oral BSE

m

1833

Terminal kill/degenerative joint disease

941

Oral BSE

m

1833

Terminal kill/degenerative joint disease

936

Oral BSE

f

1833

Terminal kill/mild egg peritonitis

926

Oral BSE

m

1833

Terminal kill/degenerative joint disease

870

Parenteral saline control

f

156

(E) Prolapsed oviduct

860

Parenteral saline control

f

209

(E) Pecking trauma

865

Parenteral saline control

m

328

(E) Crop impaction

858

Parenteral saline control

m

513

(E) Suppurative keratitis

862

Parenteral saline control

m

1206

(D) Possible ataxia/NSL

853

Parenteral saline control

m

1219

(E) Neurological signs/NSL

866

Parenteral saline control

m

1343

(E) Musculoskeletal/neurological signs/NSL

856

Parenteral saline control

f

1372

(E) Neurological signs/NSL

851

Parenteral saline control

m

1620

(D) Possible neurological signs/NSL

855

Parenteral saline control

m

1643

(D) Musculoskeletal/neurological signs/NSL

863

Parenteral saline control

m

1655

(E) Musculoskeletal/neurological signs/degenerative joint disease

871

Parenteral saline control

f

1666

(D) Ovarian adenocarcinoma

867

Parenteral saline control

f

1835

Terminal kill/degenerative joint disease

710

Salinea

m

351

(E) Musculoskeletal/neurological signs.

704

Salinea

f

446

(E) Prolapsed oviduct

712

Salinea

m

730

(E) Intermittent haemorrhage from comb

708

Salinea

f

761

(E) Coelomic mass

715

Salinea

m

968

(E) Neurological signs

707

Salinea

f

1439

(D)Ovarian adenocarcinoma

706

Salinea

f

1448

(E) Ovarian adenocarcinoma

705

Salinea

f

1721

(E) Egg peritonitis

714

Salinea

m

1729

Terminal kill/multifocal non-suppurative meningoencephalitis

709

Salinea

m

1729

Terminal kill/NSL

711

Salinea

m

1730

Terminal kill/NSL

713

Salinea

m

1730

Terminal kill/NSL

  1. All recipient chickens were exposed intracranially
  2. aSaline controls, not derived from primary transmission groups
  3. m male; f female
  4. bE euthanasia due to compromised welfare; D found dead
  5. NSL no significant lesions at necropsy