Publications
| a cross-sectional study to investigate the occurrence and distribution of intestinal spirochaetes (brachyspira spp.) in three flocks of laying hens. | a cross-sectional study was conducted on a commercial egg-producing farm with a history of wet litter. a total of 600 fresh caecal faecal samples were obtained from under cages of laying hens in three sheds each containing flocks of approximately 5400 hens. samples were cultured for intestinal spirochaetes, and growth on the primary isolation plate was observed under a phase contrast microscope and subjected to pcrs specific for the intestinal spirochaetes brachyspira intermedia and brachyspira ... | 2004 | 15708815 |
| isolation of the anaerobic intestinal spirochaete brachyspira pilosicoli from long-term residents and indonesian visitors to perth, western australia. | brachyspira pilosicoli is an anaerobic spirochaete that colonizes the large intestine of humans and various species of animals and birds. the spirochaete is an important enteric pathogen of pigs and poultry, but its pathogenic potential in humans is less clear. in the current study, the occurrence of b. pilosicoli in faecal samples from 766 individuals in two different population groups in perth, western australia, was investigated by selective anaerobic culture. of 586 individuals who were long ... | 2009 | 19141744 |