Multi-organ spreading of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae serovar 7 in weaned pigs during the first week after experimental infection

Abstract Actinobacillus (A.) pleuropneumoniae is normally considered strictly adapted to the respiratory tract of swine. Despite this, scattered case reports of arthritis, osteomyelitis, hepatitis, meningitis or nephritis exist, in which A. pleuropneumoniae remained the only detectable pathogen. The...

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Main Authors: Doris Hoeltig, Judith Rohde, Renate Frase, Florian Nietfeld, Karl-Heinz Waldmann, Peter Valentin-Weigand, Jochen Meens
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-09-01
Series:Veterinary Research
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13567-018-0592-0