Detection of Lawsonia intracellularis by real-time PCR in the feces of free-living animals from equine farms with documented occurrence of equine proliferative enteropathy

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 992-998

  Pusteria, Nicola ^a   Mapes, Samantha ^a   Rejmanek, Daniel ^a   Gebhart, Connie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Equine proliferative enteropathy; Feces; Free living animals; Lawsonia intracellularis; PCR; Real time polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CANIS LATRANS; CARNIVORA; DIDELPHIDAE; DIDELPHIS VIRGINIANA; EQUIDAE; EUPHAGUS CYANOCEPHALUS; FELIS CATUS; LAWSONIA INTRACELLULARIS; LEPUS CALIFORNICUS; MEPHITIS; MEPHITIS MEPHITIS; PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR; SCIURIDAE; SPERMOPHILUS; SPERMOPHILUS BEECHEYI;

EID: 56549124717     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-44.4.992     Document Type: Article

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