Virus
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Body weight (g)
|
Relative thymus weight (%)
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Relative bursa weight (%)
|
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bac-GX0101
|
91.9 ± 9.1 a
|
0.21 ± 0.06 a
|
0.2 ± 0.07 a
|
GX0101ΔMeq
|
116.6 ± 11.9 b
|
0.42 ± 0.08 b
|
0.38 ± 0.08 b
|
Control
|
125.9 ± 16.7 b
|
0.48 ± 0.09 b
|
0.45 ± 0.12 b
|
- All chickens were inoculated with 1000 PFU of the indicated virus by a subcutaneous route. The numbers in the table indicate: mean ± standard deviation. Same letters indicate that the differences were not significant (P > 0.05), different letters indicate that a significant difference (P < 0.05).