Evaluation of Lawsonia intracellularis infection in a group of pigs in a subclinically affected herd from weaning to slaughter

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 146, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 361-365

  Brandt, Daniel ^a   Kaim, Ute ^a   Baumgärtner, Wolfgang ^a   Wendt, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Lawsonia intracellularis; Pig; Porcine proliferative enteropathy (PPE); Subclinical infection

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SHEDDING; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESULFOVIBRIONACEAE INFECTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; HERD; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROCONVERSION; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SWINE DISEASE; WEANING;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; DESULFOVIBRIONACEAE INFECTIONS; FECES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINES; LAWSONIA BACTERIA; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TIME FACTORS; WEANING;

ANIMALIA; LAWSONIA INTRACELLULARIS; SUIDAE; SUS;

EID: 78650305380     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2010.05.021     Document Type: Article

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