Faecal shedding and serological cross-sectional study of Lawsonia intracellularis in horses in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 593-596

  Guimaraes Ladeira C V ^a   Palhares, M S ^a   Oliveira, J S V ^a   Ramirez, M A ^a   Guedes, R M C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Equine; Horse; Lawsonia intracellularis; PCR; Proliferative enteropathy

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DESULFOVIBRIONACEAE INFECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FECES; FEMALE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LAWSONIA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DESULFOVIBRIONACEAE INFECTIONS; FECES; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LAWSONIA BACTERIA; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EQUIDAE; LAWSONIA INTRACELLULARIS;

EID: 70349202074     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2746/042516409X407639     Document Type: Article

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