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Identification of the swine pathogen Serpulina hyodysenteriae in rheas (Rhea americana).
Veterinary microbiology - 1 Oct 1996
Jensen N S, Stanton T B, Swayne D E
Abstract excerpt
Recently intestinal spirochetes were isolated from rheas in Ohio and Iowa with a necrotizing typhlocolitis. These intestinal spirochetes, strains R1 and NIV-1, were characterized and compared with other intestinal spirochetes, including strains of S. hyodysenteriae. Both rhea spirochetes were indole positive, strongly beta-hemolytic, grew under a 1% O2:99% N2 atmosphere, and were morphologically similar to...
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