Detection of Lawsonia intracellularis fecal shedding in dogs in Minas Gerais, Brazil

<p><bold>Lawsonia intracellularis</bold>is an obligate intracellular bacterium that is responsible for proliferative enteropathy, an enteric disease endemic in swine and common in foals. However, few studies have investigated this disease in dogs, and there are no reports of dogs i...

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Main Authors: Rodrigo Otávio Silveira Silva, Michelle de Paula Gabardo, Juliana Saes Vilaça de Oliveira, Francisco Carlos Faria Lobato, Roberto Maurício Carvalho Guedes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Maria 2015-09-01
Series:Ciência Rural
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782015000901619&lng=en&tlng=en