Open Access

Table I.

Comparison of two Theileria annulata isolation techniques: culture of whole blood and following Ficoll purification.

Indicator Ficoll extraction Whole blood
Cell culture sensitivity 19/22 20/20
Range of first day of passage 11 to 21 6 to 9
Number of contaminated vials 3/22 0/20
Schizont index at day 9 (in %) ND 100
First day of schizont detection ND 6
Costs difference (€) Reference – 3.06

ND: not done.

Current usage metrics show cumulative count of Article Views (full-text article views including HTML views, PDF and ePub downloads, according to the available data) and Abstracts Views on Vision4Press platform.

Data correspond to usage on the plateform after 2015. The current usage metrics is available 48-96 hours after online publication and is updated daily on week days.

Initial download of the metrics may take a while.