Skip to main content

Table 4 Significant correlations coefficients (r) found between M. hyopneumoniae (MHP) quantification in trachea samples (Cranial trachea - CT; Medium trachea- MT and Lower trachea- LT) and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) on the one hand and gross lung lesion score (GLLS) and microscopic lesion score in cranial (CTLS), medium (MTLS) and lower trachea (LTLS) on the other hand at different days post-infection (dpi)

From: Dynamics and chronology of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae strain 232 infection in experimentally inoculated swine

MHP quantification

14 dpi

28 dpi

42 dpi

56 dpi

GLLS

CTLS

MTLS

LTLS

GLLS

CTLS

MTLS

LTLS

GLLS

CTLS

MTLS

LTLS

GLLS

CTLS

MTLS

LTLS

CT

0.86*

MT

0.89*

0.78*

1.0***

LT

0.93**

0.75*

BALF

0.93**

0.95**

0.89*

  1. * p < 0.05 ** p < 0.01 *** p < 0.001