The prevalences of Brachyspira spp. and Lawsonia intracellularis in Swedish piglet producing herds and wild boar population

Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series B: Infectious Diseases and Veterinary Public Health

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 386-391

  Jacobson, M ^a,b   Gerth Lofstedt M ^a,c   Holmgren, N ^a,c   Lundeheim, N ^a,b   Fellstrom C ^a,b  

^a Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences ^*  (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c Swedish Animal Health Service   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BRACHYSPIRA; BRACHYSPIRA HYODYSENTERIAE; BRACHYSPIRA INTERMEDIA; BRACHYSPIRA PILOSICOLI; LAWSONIA INTRACELLULARIS; SUS SCROFA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRACHYSPIRA; BRACHYSPIRA HYODYSENTERIAE; DESULFOVIBRIONACEAE INFECTION; FECES; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LAWSONIA; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SPIROCHETE INFECTION; SWEDEN; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE;

ANIMALS; DESULFOVIBRIONACEAE INFECTIONS; FECES; FEMALE; LAWSONIA BACTERIA; MALE; PREVALENCE; SERPULINA; SERPULINA HYODYSENTERIAE; SPIROCHAETALES INFECTIONS; SUS SCROFA; SWEDEN; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 33644825720     PISSN: 09311793     EISSN: 14390450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0450.2005.00865.x     Document Type: Article

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