Oropharyngeal and cloacal viral shedding in six mallards intranasally inoculated with H14N5 influenza A virus (A/blue-winged teal/Texas/AI13-1028(H14N5)).

Abstract

<p>Two mallards were euthanized and necropsied at 2 days post-inoculation (DPI), thus shedding data from 3 DPI on is based on four mallards. Gray bars represent the percentage of mallards that were virus isolation positive on each sampling day (left Y-axis). Black points on 2, 4, and 6 DPI represent the mean viral titers with 95% confidence intervals (right Y-axis). Virus isolation positive swab samples that had a concentration of virus below the detectable limit of the titration assay were listed as 10¹ log₁₀ EID₅₀/mL.</p