Colonisation and shedding of Lawsonia intracellularis in experimentally inoculated rodents and in wild rodents on pig farms

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 150, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 384-388

  Collins, A M ^a   Fell, S ^a   Pearson, H ^b   Toribio, J A ^b  

^a NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Lawsonia intracellularis; Pigs; Rodents

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL IMMUNITY; BACTERIAL SHEDDING; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROPATHY; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; EXPERIMENTAL MOUSE; EXPERIMENTAL RAT; FECES ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; LAWSONIA; LAWSONIA INTRACELLULARIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PIG FARMING; PREVALENCE; PROLIFERATIVE ENTEROPATHY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RODENT DISEASE; SWINE DISEASE; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL SHEDDING; DESULFOVIBRIONACEAE INFECTIONS; FECES; INTESTINAL DISEASES; LAWSONIA BACTERIA; MICE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RODENT DISEASES; SUS SCROFA; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LAWSONIA INTRACELLULARIS; MUS; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; RODENTIA; SUIDAE; SUS;

EID: 79955951571     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2011.01.020     Document Type: Article

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