Conference paper
PCR for identification of spirochaetes associated with intestinal spirochaetosis
Proceedings of the 13th International Pig Veterinary Society Congress (Bangkok, Thailand, 26/06/1994–30/06/1994)
1994
Abstract
Weakly haemolytic intestinal spirochaetes, distinct from both Serpulina hyodysenteriae and Serpulina innocens, have been reported to cause a disease called intestinal spirochaetosis, or spirochaetal diarrhoea, in weaned pigs (1, 2, 3, 4) . Infected animals develop a sloppy mucoid diarrhoea and a reduction in growth rate. These spirochaetes are slightly more slender than S. innocens, and characteristically only have 4-6 axial flagellae ( 5). Strain P43/6/78, which was isolated from the first recorded case of porcine intestinal spirochaetosis ( 1), has been deposited with the American Type Culture Collection (as ATCC 51139) as the type strain of a possible new genus and species of spirochaete ( "Anguillina coli") ( 5). In the current study we have used a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification of a section of the region encoding the 16s ribosomal RNA gene as a rapid and specific means of identifying these bacteria.
Details
- Title
- PCR for identification of spirochaetes associated with intestinal spirochaetosis
- Authors/Creators
- N.Y. Park (Author/Creator)C.Y. Chung (Author/Creator)A.J. McLaren (Author/Creator)R.F. Atyeo (Author/Creator)D.J. Hampson (Author/Creator)
- Conference
- Proceedings of the 13th International Pig Veterinary Society Congress (Bangkok, Thailand, 26/06/1994–30/06/1994)
- Identifiers
- 991005544148307891
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Veterinary Studies
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Conference paper
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