Table 3 Survival and feeding rate of C. sonorensis intrathoracically inoculated with bovine ephemeral fever virus (BEFV)
Animala | Total number C. sonorensis IT inoculated with BEFV | Number of surviving C. sonorensis 6–7 days after inoculation (%) | Total number of fully fed C. sonorensisb | Total number of partially fed C. sonorensisb | BEFV Cq of C. sonorensis post-feeding on calves, median (range)b |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
C1 | 195 | 65 (33.3) | 37 | 5 | 23.2 (22.4–28.5) |
C2 | 160 | 37 (23.1) | 13 | 2 | 23.2 (22.3–23.3) |
C2b | 152 | 58 (38.2) | 45 | 5 | 22.6 (21.7–23.5) |
C3 | 203 | 66 (32.5) | 41 | 7 | 23.2 (21.9–23.9) |
C4 | 175 | 68 (38.9) | 43 | 7 | 23.2 (22.1–24.0) |