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Figures
- FIG. 1.
Comparison of carcass tissues plated on CHAB (left panel) and on CHAB-A (right panel).
Tables
- TABLE 1.
Comparison of F. tularensis recovery rates for on-site culture and antibiotic-supplemented CHAB (CHAB-A)
Prairie dogs (n) Culture recovery (%)a with: CHAB (on-site) CHAB-A Group A, live animals (20) 18 (90) ND Group B, carcasses (46) 9 (19.6) 30 (81.1)b ↵ a The difference in on-site recovery rates for group A versus group B and the difference in recovery rates for carcass tissues cultured on CHAB versus CHAB-A were statistically significant (P ≤ 0.05, Fisher's exact test). ND, not determined.
↵ b Thirty-seven CHAB culture-negative prairie dogs were tested.
- TABLE 2.
Comparison of transport methods for culture recovery of F. tularensis from live and dead animalsa
Prairie dogs (n)b Culture recovery (%) with: Cary-Blair media Frozen tissue Carcasses (9) 1 (11.1) 8 (88.8) Live animals (17) 15 (88.2) 16 (94.1) ↵ a No statistically significant difference was observed when transport systems were compared for recovery of F. tularensis from live animals (P ≥ 0.05, McNemar's test). The difference in transport systems for dead animals was statistically significant (P ≤ 0.05, McNemar's test).
↵ b Twenty-six animals from which F. tularensis was cultured by on-site inoculation of CHAB plates.
