Identification of the swine pathogen Serpulina hyodysenteriae in rheas (Rhea americana)

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 259-269

  Jensen, Neil S ^a   Stanton, Thad B ^a   Swayne, David E ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Rhea; Serpulina hyodysenteriae; Spirochete; Swine dysentery; Typhlitis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BRACHYSPIRA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOST; NONHUMAN; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SWINE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; IMMUNE SERA; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RABBITS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SERPULINA HYODYSENTERIAE; SPIROCHAETALES INFECTIONS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRACHYSPIRA; BRACHYSPIRA HYODYSENTERIAE; RHEA; RHEA AMERICANA; RHEIFORMES; SPIROCHAETALES; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0030271783     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1135(96)00076-4     Document Type: Article

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