The Steroid Catabolic Pathway of the Intracellular Pathogen Rhodococcus equi Is Important for Pathogenesis and a Target for Vaccine Development
Figure 6
Serum antibody titer against R. equi of 3 to 5-week-old foals (n = 3) at day of intratracheal challenge (T = 0 days) and 3-weeks post-challenge (T = 21 days) with mutant R. equi RE1ΔipdAB (7.1×106 CFU; grey bars) or wild type RE1 (4.3×106 CFU; white bars).
Values represent mean ± standard deviation (error bars).