Research Article

Efficacy of a Recombinant Turkey Herpesvirus AI (H5) Vaccine in Preventing Transmission of Heterologous Highly Pathogenic H5N8 Clade 2.3.4.4b Challenge Virus in Commercial Broilers and Layer Pullets

Table 2

Overview of the statistical analyses (95% CI in brackets).

GroupInfectious period (day)Transmission rate (β, 1/day)Reproduction ratio (R)
Challenged groupContact group

Unvaccinated broilers3.55 (3.11–3.99)3.42 (2.68–4.16)0.54 (0.34–0.85)1.84 (1.11–3.06)
Unvaccinated layers4.55 (4.19–4.91)4.70 (2.73–6.67)0.15 (0.08–0.27)0.69 (0.33–1.44)