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Table 2 No. of Actinobacillus isolates against which antibody could be detected in serum and colostrum.

From: Specific Immune Response of Mares and their Newborn Foals to Actinobacillus spp. Present in the Oral Cavity

Mare-foal pair

Ab in mare serum

Ab in foal serum

Ab in colostrums

A

2 ss1

2 ss

none

 

3 tx11

3 tx11

 

B

2 spp

2 spp

none

C

1 tx11

1 A+

1 tx11

 

1 spp

1 tx11

1 spp

  

1 spp

 

D

1 A+

not sampled

1 spp

 

1 spp

  

E2

3 tx11

none

3 tx11

F

3 A+

none

none

 

1 spp

  

G

4 spp

2 spp

none

H

4 A+

5 A+

2 A+

 

3 spp

3 spp

1 spp

I

4 spp

4 spp

4 spp

J

2 ss

none

2 A+

 

2 A+

  

K

2 spp

2 spp

2 spp

L

none

none

none

M

none

none

none

N

2 A+

1 A+

not sampled

O

5 spp

2 spp

not sampled

  1. 1 ss = A. equuli sensu stricto, A+ = L-arabinose positive A. equuli, tx11 = Bisgaard's taxon 11 subtype 1, spp = Actinobacillus spp., non-typable.
  2. 2 Foal sampled 1 h after colostrum intake.
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Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

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