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Table 2 Experimental days with highest clinical scoring after inoculation of goats with goatpox virus (n = 8) and controls (n = 2)

From: Experimental infection of indigenous North African goats with goatpox virus

Goat no.

Group 1a

Group 2a

Group 3a

Control

129

335

373

269

287

261

752

265

759

267

Score

 Post-infection day of highest score

16

16

16

18

18

18

18

18

12

17

 Behavior

3

3

3

2

2

1

1

1

1

0

 Feed-intake

2

2

2

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

 Nodule at injection site

3

3

3

3

3

3

2

2

0

0

 Temperature

4

4

4

3

1

2

1

1

0

0

 Cutaneous lesions

5

5

5

5

5

5

3

3

0

0

 Oculo-nasal discharge

3

3

3

2

2

2

1

1

0

1

 Salivation

2

2

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

 Total clinical scoring

22

22

22

16

13

13

8

8

1

1

  1. aGroup 1, Group 2, Group 3: Inoculated goats were retrospectively divided into 3 groups, based on severity of clinical signs at the end of the experiment