Table 3 Number of sentinel pigs presenting ASFV viremia (in bold) detectable by qPCR, and number of dead pigs (in bold), over the 35 days following injection with a needle-free (intradermal, ID) or a needle (intramuscular, IM) device previously used in a viremic seeder pig.
Seeder subgroups | Sentinel subgroups | Parameters | Days post injection | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 28 | 35 | |||
ASF-H | Sentinel H-ID | No. of pigs with Ct < 35.00 | 0/6 | 0/6 | 0/6 | 0/6 | 0/6 | 0/6 |
No. of dead pigs/total no | 0/6 | 0/6 | 0/6 | 0/6 | 0/6 | 0/6 | ||
Sentinel H-IM | No. of pigs with Ct < 35.00 | 0/6 | 3/5 | 2/2 | –* | – | – | |
No. of dead pigs/total no | 0/6 | 1/6 | 4/6 | 6/6 | 6/6 | 6/6 | ||
ASF-M | Sentinel M-ID | No. of pigs with Ct < 35.00 | 0/6 | 0/6 | 0/6 | 0/6 | 0/6 | 0/6 |
No. of dead pigs/total no | 0/6 | 0/6 | 0/6 | 0/6 | 0/6 | 0/6 | ||
Sentinel M-IM | No. of pigs with Ct < 35.00 | 0/6 | 0/6 | 3/6 | 1/1 | – | – | |
No. of dead pigs/total no | 0/6 | 0/6 | 3/6 | 5/6 | 6/6 | 6/6 | ||
ASF-L | Sentinel L-ID | No. of pigs with Ct < 35.00 | 0/6 | 0/6 | 0/6 | 0/6 | 0/6 | 0/6 |
No. of dead pigs/total no | 0/6 | 0/6 | 0/6 | 0/6 | 0/6 | 0/6 | ||
Sentinel L-IM | No. of pigs with Ct < 35.00 | 0/6 | 0/6 | 0/6 | 0/6 | 0/6 | 1/6 | |
No. of dead pigs/total no | 0/6 | 0/6 | 0/6 | 0/6 | 0/6 | 0/6 | ||
Control | Control-ID | No. of pigs with Ct < 35.00 | 0/6 | 0/6 | 0/6 | 0/6 | 0/6 | 0/6 |
No. of dead pigs/total no | 0/6 | 0/6 | 0/6 | 0/6 | 0/6 | 0/6 | ||
Control-IM | No. of pigs with Ct < 35.00 | 0/6 | 0/6 | 0/6 | 0/6 | 0/6 | 0/6 | |
No. of dead pigs/total no | 0/6 | 0/6 | 0/6 | 0/6 | 0/6 | 0/6 | ||
