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*Carrier pigs shed ''B. hyodysenteriae'' for up to 3 months, acting as a source of infection for healthy pigs
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*Demonstrated in stained faecal smears or silver-stained histopathology sections
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*Pathogenesis
 
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**Motility in mucous allows colonisation of pig intestine
 
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**Haemolytic and cytotoxic activiity important for virulence
 
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**Attachment of ''B. pilosicoli'' to epithelial cells of colonic mucosa disrupts their function and leads to their shedding and oedema
 
  
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*Clinical infections
 
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**''B. pilosicoli'' causes porcine intestinal spirochaetosis
 
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**Infection is acquired via contaminated faeces
 
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**Disease spreads slowly through the herd
 
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**Dogs, rats, mice and flies may act as transport hosts
 
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*Clinical signs
 
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**''B. pilosicoli'' causes less severe signs than [[Brachyspira hyodysenteriae|swine dysentry]]; reduced feed conversion rates occur
 
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*Diagnosis
 
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**History, clinical signs and gross pathology
 
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**Anaerobic culture on blood agar with added antibiotics for at least 3 days
 
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**Immunofluorescence, DNA probes and biochemical tests
 
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**Serology using ELISA can be used on a herd basis
 
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**PCR
 

Latest revision as of 18:57, 17 January 2011

Brachyspira and Serpulina

The Brachyspira and serpulina species are anaerobic, intestinal spirochaetes, found in normal and diseased pigs.

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▼ Brachyspira and Serpulina
  Brachyspira hyodysenteriae
  Brachyspira pilosicoli


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