Induction of swine dysentery with a pure culture of Treponema hyodysenteriae in vitamin E and selenium deficient pigs

Saxegaard, F.; Teige, J.

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 18(4): 563-565

1977


ISSN/ISBN: 0044-605X
PMID: 596333
Document Number: 119902
Typical clinical and pathological signs of dysentery were induced in two conventional pigs, with vitamin E and Se deficiency, by feeding a pure culture of T. hyodysenteriae. The colonic mucosa contained an abundance of spirochaetes (which were absent from rectal swabs before infection) and yielded almost pure cultures of T. hyodysenteriae.

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