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Laboratory identification and enteropathogenicity testing of Serpulina pilosicoli associated with porcine colonic spirochetosis.
Journal of veterinary diagnostic investigation : official publication of the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, Inc - 1 Apr 1997
Muniappa N, Mathiesen M R, Duhamel G E
Abstract excerpt
Pathogenic intestinal spirochetes of swine include Serpulina hyodysenteriae, a strongly beta-hemolytic spirochete that causes swine dysentery, and S. pilosicoli, a weakly beta-hemolytic intestinal spirochete (WBHIS) that causes porcine colonic spirochetosis. Because of the existence of nonpathogenic WBHIS in the normal swine colon, it is important to develop laboratory procedures for accurate identification of S....
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