Proliferative enteropathy is an infectious disease caused by an obligate intracellular
bacterium, Lawsonia intracellularis, and characterized by thickening of the intestinal …

Proliferative enteropathy (PE; ileitis) is a common intestinal disease affecting susceptible
pigs raised under various management systems around the world. Major developments in …

This chapter provides in‐depth coverage of proliferative enteropathy (PE) including
relevance, potential public health significance, epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical signs …

Background Lawsonia intracellularis is an obligate intracellular bacterium and the etiologic
agent of proliferative enteropathy. The disease is endemic in pigs, emerging in horses and …

The purpose of this study was to follow the progression of gross and histologic lesions and
apoptosis events in Lawsonia intracellularis-infected enterocytes through the course of the …

The intestinal bacterium Lawsonia intracellularis, the cause of proliferative enteropathy (PE)
in pigs, is believed to infect mitotically active epithelial cells of the intestinal crypts and then …

The objective of this investigation was to study if different feeding strategies influence
experimental infections of pigs with Lawsonia intracellularis, the causative agent of …

The enteric pathogen Lawsonia intracellularis is one of the main causes of diarrhea and
compromised weight gain in pigs worldwide. Traditional cell-line cultures have been used to …

Simple Summary Evaluating disease control in commercial pig herds requires the use of
infection surveillance tools as well as observing clinical signs and measuring production …

Simple Summary Clinical and anatomopathological evaluations of animals experimentally
inoculated with Brachyspira hyodysenteriae and 7 days later with Lawsonia intracellularis …