Ultrastructural Comparison of the Nasal Epithelia of Healthy and Naturally Affected Rabbits with Pasteurella multocida A

Table 1

TEM findings. Severity of changes in cells of respiratory epithelium of nasal cavity.

Changes/groups	Intercellular; spaces	Vacuoles in; cytoplasm	Detritus	Heterophils	Bacteria	Activity; goblet cells	No. of goblet cells
Group 1	+	++	−	+	−	−	+
Group 2	+	−	−	+	−	−	+
Group 3	++ +++	++ +++	−	++		−	+
Group 4 S	+++	+++	++^1 +++^2	++^2 +++^1	+	++^2	+++^1
Group 4 R	+ ++	+ ++		++		+++	++^1 +++^2

− No change; + light; ++ moderate; +++ severe; ¹number of animals; S: Septicemic; R: Rhinitic.