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From: Epidemiology and zoonotic potential of Livestock-associated Staphylococcus aureus isolated at Tamil Nadu, India

Fig. 6

Histopathology photomicrographs—Histopathology analysis of liver-cross sections of chicken embryos showed liver fibrosis; fibrosis condition was shown with an arrow mark and scale bars for images = 20 μm. a Liver histology showed fibrosis in Group – I chicken embryo infected with MRSA MTCC1430 strain. b Fibrosis was observed in Liver cross-section of Group – II chicken embryo infected with Human-associated S. aureus strain. c & d Liver histology did not show fibrosis in Group – III & Group – IV chicken embryos infected with small ruminants- associated S. aureus strains SR32 and SR45, respectively. e Fibrosis was observed in Liver cross-section of Group – V chicken embryo infected with Bovine-associated methicillin-resistant S. aureus (BA-MRSA–A21) strain. f & g Liver histology did not show fibrosis in Group – VI & Group – VII chicken embryos infected with small ruminants- associated S. aureus strains A7 and A85 respectively, and h No fibrosis observed in liver cross-sections of chicken embryo control group (sterile 0.7% NaCl)

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