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Detection of Lawsonia intracellularis fecal shedding in dogs in Minas Gerais, Brazil

2015; UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE SANTA MARIA; Volume: 45; Issue: 9 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1590/0103-8478cr20141533

ISSN

1678-4596

Autores

Rodrigo Otávio Silveira Silva, Michelle de Paula Gabardo, Juliana Saes Vilaça de Oliveira, Francisco Carlos Faria Lobato, Roberto Maurício Carvalho Guedes,

Tópico(s)

Humic Substances and Bio-Organic Studies

Resumo

<p><bold>Lawsonia intracellularis</bold>is an obligate intracellular bacterium that is responsible for proliferative enteropathy, an enteric disease endemic in swine and common in foals. However, few studies have investigated this disease in dogs, and there are no reports of dogs infected with<bold> L. intracellularis</bold>in Latin America. The aim of this study was to evaluate the fecal shedding of<bold> L. intracellularis</bold>in diarrheic and non-diarrheic dogs in Minas Gerais, Brazil. A total of 58 dogs, 18 apparently healthy and 40 diarrheic, were examined in this study. DNA extracted from feces was analyzed using a nested PCR reaction to detect<bold> L. intracellularis.</bold>Three out of 40 (7.5%) diarrheic samples, all from 3-month-old puppies, were positive for<bold> L. intracellularis</bold>. These results highlight the need for additional studies to examine the role of this pathogen as a possible cause of enteric disease in dogs</p>

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