Article
Adherence of Streptococcus suis capsular type 2 to porcine lung sections.
Canadian journal of veterinary research = Revue canadienne de recherche veterinaire - 1 Jul 1991
Gottschalk M, Petitbois S, Higgins R, Jacques M
Abstract excerpt
The present study was undertaken to evaluate the ability of 33 Streptococcus suis capsular type 2 isolates to adhere to frozen sections of porcine lung. Twenty isolates originated from diseased pigs and 13 from the nasal cavities of clinically healthy pigs. All isolates from diseased animals adhe...
Topics
- Animals
- Bacterial Adhesion
- Frozen Sections
- Lung
- Meningitis
- Microscopy, Electron
- Mutation
- Nasal Cavity
- Pneumonia
- Streptococcal Infections
- Streptococcus
- Surface Properties
- Swine
- Swine Diseases