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Lawsonia intracellularis: a barrier to health and performance (Special 2005)
Porcine proliferative enteropathy (PPE), commonly referred to as ileitis, is
an intestinal infectious disease characterised by thickening of the aboral small
intestinal mucosa due to enterocyte proliferation associated with the presence
of an intracellular bacterium, Lawsonia intracellularis.
This article can also be found in Pig Progress Enteric Diseases Special III
(2005). To view the article online simply click on the link below.
Keywords: Enteric diseases, Porcine proliferative
enteropathy (PPE), ileitis, intestinal infectious disease, Lawsonia
intracellularis
Pig Progress, volume 23, no.6 2007
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