Newcastle disease virus (strain Herts 33/56) in tissues and organs of chickens infected experimentally

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Table 1.  Levels of virus detected in organs and tissues of 6-week-old chickens infected with NDV strain Herts 33/56

Day p.i.	Blood (log10 EID50/ml)	Breast muscle (log10 EID50/g)	Leg muscle (log10 EID50/g)	Heart/kidney/spleen pool (log10 EID50/g)	Faeces (log10 EID50/g)
1	1.2^c	–^a	–^a	1.8^b	–^a
2	1.4^e	1.0^b	1.2^c	4.2^e	1.4^c
3	2.4^e	2.2^d	2.6^e	5.0^e	3.2^e
4	ns	4.0^e	4.2^e	6.0^e	4.0^e
–, no virus detected in undiluted material; ns, no sample, all birds dead.
^a0/4 birds positive for this sample; ^b1/4 birds positive; ^c2/4 birds positive; ^d3/4 birds positive; ^e4/4 birds positive.