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Brachyspira hyodysenteriae and other strongly beta-haemolytic and indole-positive spirochaetes isolated from mallards (Anas platyrhynchos).
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Apr 2004
Jansson Désirée S, Johansson Karl-Erik, Olofsson Tobias, Råsbäck Therese, Vågsholm Ivar, Pettersson Bertil, Gunnarsson Anders, Fellström Claes
Abstract excerpt
The aims of the current study were to collect intestinal spirochaetes (genus Brachyspira) from farmed and wild mallards (Anas platyrhynchos) and to identify and classify those isolates that phenotypically resembled Brachyspira hyodysenteriae, an enteric pathogen of pigs. The isolation rate of Brachyspira spp. was high from both farmed (93 %) and wild mallards (78 %). In wild mallards, it appeared that Brachyspira...
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