Experimental infection of newly weaned pigs with human and porcine strains of Serpulina pilosicoli

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 4648-4654

  Trott, Darren J ^a   Huxtable, Clive R ^a   Hampson, David J ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRACHYSPIRA; CHRONIC DIARRHEA; EXOCYTOSIS; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; HISTOLOGY; MUCUS SECRETION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIROCHETE; WEANING;

EID: 0029966169     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.11.4648-4654.1996     Document Type: Article

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