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Risk factors associated with Lawsonia intracellularis in English pig farms (2013)
Journal Article
Bae, J. K., Wieland, B., Sait, M., Longbottom, D., Smith, D. G. E., Alarcon, P., & Wheelhouse, N. (2013). Risk factors associated with Lawsonia intracellularis in English pig farms. Veterinary Journal, 197(3), 707-711. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tvjl.2013.03.020

Porcine proliferative enteropathy (PPE) caused by the bacterium Lawsonia intracellularis causes considerable economic loss to the pig industry. The objective of this study was to evaluate the seroprevalence of L. intracellularis exposure in different... Read More about Risk factors associated with Lawsonia intracellularis in English pig farms.

Intranasal infection with Chlamydia abortus induces dose-dependent latency and abortion in sheep (2013)
Journal Article
Longbottom, D., Livingstone, M., Maley, S., van der Zon, A., Rocchi, M., Wilson, K., Wheelhouse, N., Dagleish, M., Aitchison, K., Wattegedera, S., Nath, M., Entrican, G., & Buxton, D. (2013). Intranasal infection with Chlamydia abortus induces dose-dependent latency and abortion in sheep. PLOS ONE, 8(2), Article e57950. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0057950

BACKGROUND: Latency is a key feature of the animal pathogen Chlamydia abortus, where infection remains inapparent in the non-pregnant animal and only becomes evident during a subsequent pregnancy. Often the first sign that an animal is infected is ab... Read More about Intranasal infection with Chlamydia abortus induces dose-dependent latency and abortion in sheep.