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Brachyspira

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Brachyspira
a genus of anaerobic intestinal bacteria in the order Spirochaetaceae. Formerly Serpulina. Some species were previously in the genus Treponema.
Brachyspira aalborgi
infects primates, but its pathogenic significance is uncertain.
Brachyspira alvinipulli
a cause of diarrhea in adult chickens.
Brachyspira hyodysenteriae
the cause of swine dysentery. Previously called Serpulina hyodysenteriae and Treponema hyodysenteriae.
Brachyspira intermedia
a cause of diarrhea in adult chickens.
Brachyspira pilosicoli
causes intestinal or colonic spirochetosis, a mild colitis and diarrhea in weaner and grower pigs and of wet litter and reduced egg production in adult chickens.
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The etiologic agents of intestinal spirochetosis are members of the genus Brachyspira (formerly Serpulina and Treponema).
High prevalence of spirochetosis in cholera patients, Bangladesh by Nelson, Eric J.; Tanudra, Angela; Chowdhury, Ashrafuzzaman; Kane, Anne V.; Qadri, Firdausi; Calderwo / Emerging Infectious Diseases
The role of Brachyspira species in the etiology of increased mortality observed in 2 breeder goose flocks (Flock A consisting of 1500 and Flock B comprising 4500 laying geese) at the end of the first egg-laying season, in the period of molting, was studied.
Avian Pathol: Typhlocolitis associated with spirochetes in goose ... by Nemes, C.S.; Glavits, R.; Dobos-Kovacs, M. / Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery
[9] The 2 best-characterized human species are Brachyspira aalborgi and Serpulina pilosicoli.
Colon Biopsy in a Patient With Diarrhea--Possible Etiologic Agent by Shah, Rajshri N.; Stosor, Valentina; Badve, Sunil / Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
 
 
 
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