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Known Facts About The Epidemiology Of Porcine Proliferative Enteropathy, Roberto M. C. Guedes
Known Facts About The Epidemiology Of Porcine Proliferative Enteropathy, Roberto M. C. Guedes
The Thai Journal of Veterinary Medicine
The amount of new information of the last seven years regarding Lawsonia intracellularis sensitivity to antimicrobial drugs, prevention/control based on treatment and vaccination, diagnosis and, finally, genome is amazing. Nevertheless, not much is known about the epidemiology of the disease, mainly regarding the source of infection, resistance of the bacteria in the environment and possible biological vectors that could spread the infection among farms. It was learned that as few as 1,000 to 10,000 bacteria are enough to induce infection and fecal shedding two to three weeks after inoculating susceptible pigs. It was also learned that L. intracellularis organisms can …