Detection of Lawsonia intracellularis in Formalin-fixed Porcine Intestinal Tissue Samples: Comparison of Immunofluorescence and In-situ Hybridization, and Evaluation of the Effects of Controlled Autolysis

Journal of Comparative Pathology

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-8

  Jensen, T K ^a   Boesen, H T ^a   Vigre, H ^a   Boye, M ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

bacterial infection; Lawsonia intracellularis; PE diagnosis; pig; proliferative enteropathy (PE)

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOLYSIS; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESULFOVIBRIONACEAE INFECTION; ENTERITIS; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LAWSONIA; LAWSONIA INTRACELLULARIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLIFERATIVE ENTERITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STORAGE TEMPERATURE; SWINE DISEASE;

ANIMALS; AUTOLYSIS; DESULFOVIBRIONACEAE INFECTIONS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FORMALDEHYDE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; LAWSONIA BACTERIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TISSUE FIXATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LAWSONIA INTRACELLULARIS; SUIDAE; SUS;

EID: 71149120981     PISSN: 00219975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2009.04.001     Document Type: Article

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