Lawsonia intracellularis

Lawsonia intracellularis is a species of bacterium. It is obligately intracellular and was isolated from intestines of pigs with proliferative enteropathy disease.[1]

Lawsonia intracellularis
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L. intracellularis
Binomial name
Lawsonia intracellularis
McOrist et al. 1995

Pathogenicity

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Lawsonia intracellularis is highly pathogenic. The species has been associated with outbreaks of bacterial infection-associated protein losing enteropathy in horses.[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ McORIST, S.; Gebhart, C. J.; Boid, R.; Barns, S. M. (1995). "Characterization of Lawsonia intracellularis gen. nov., sp. nov., the Obligately Intracellular Bacterium of Porcine Proliferative Enteropathy". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 45 (4): 820–825. doi:10.1099/00207713-45-4-820. ISSN 0020-7713. PMID 7547305.
  2. ^ McGurrin MK, Vengust M, Arroyo LG, Baird JD (September 2007). "An outbreak of Lawsonia intracellularis infection in a standardbred herd in Ontario". The Canadian Veterinary Journal. 48 (9): 927–30. PMC 1950111. PMID 17966333.
  3. ^ Bihr TP (January 2003). "Protein-losing enteropathy caused by Lawsonia intracellularis in a weanling foal". The Canadian Veterinary Journal. 44 (1): 65–6. PMC 340023. PMID 12619560.

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