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Table 2 Summary of the viremia profile, hematology, coagulation assays, and rectal temperature abnormalities of a white-tailed deer infected by blood feeding EHDV-7-infected C. sonorensis midges

From: Vector competence of Culicoides sonorensis (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) to epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus serotype 7

  

Days Post Feeding

Test

Units

−3

0

4

6

7

9

Viremia

log 10 TCID 50 /ml

‐a

‐

6.4

7.27*b

7.1

5.26

Total WBCc

x cells/μl

1,700

2,000

ndd

600*

700

2,100

Lymphocytes

x cells/μl

714

760

nd

90*

91

378

Hematocrit

%

38.2

38.6

nd

42.5

42.4

49.1*

Total protein

g/dl

5.4

5.5

nd

4.7

5.5

3.8*

PTe

seconds

13.2

12.6

12.4

nd

17

19*

APTTf

seconds

23.5

20.8

22.4

nd

35.7

51*

Platelets

x 10 3

725

491

nd

356

266

47*

Rectal temp.

° F

101.5

101

101.4

104.6*

103.1

99.8

  1. a negative virus isolation.
  2. b asterisk indicates the peak abnormality in test.
  3. c total white blood cell count.
  4. d not done.
  5. e prothrombin time.
  6. f activated partial thromboplastin time.
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