The progression of heartworm associated respiratory disease (HARD) in SPF cats 18 months after Dirofilaria immitis infection

Table 3 The number of cats in each group^a with bronchoalveolar lavage eosinophilic cytology after L3 D. immitis infection

	Day 0			Day 110			Day 168			Day 240			Day 300			Day 390			Day 505
Grade^b	Group			Group			Group			Group			Group			Group			Group
Grade^b	A	B	C	A	B	C	A	B	C	A	B	C	A	B	C	A	B	C	A	B	C
0	7	10	10	9	5	2	5	9	6	4	10	3	5	7	3	5	7	2	7	10	3
1	2	0	0	1	0	1	3	1	2	1	0	1	3	1	1	1	1	2	3	0	2
2	1	0	0	0	4	3	2	0	0	2	0	2	1	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	3
3	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	2	3	0	3	3	0	4	0	1	4	0	0	1

^aGroup A (10): selamectin topical initiated on Day 28 PI; Group B (10): oral ivermectin initiated on Day 70 PI; Group C (10): infected no treatment
^bGrade 0 < 16%, Grade 1 = 17–35%, Grade 2 = 36–60%, Grade 3 > 61% (percent represents the number of eosinophils compared to total nucleated cells observed)

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