Lawsonia intracellularis explained

Lawsonia intracellularis is a species of bacterium. It is obligately intracellular and was isolated from intestines of pigs with proliferative enteropathy disease.^[1]

Pathogenicity

Lawsonia intracellularis is highly pathogenic. The species has been associated with outbreaks of bacterial infection-associated protein losing enteropathy in horses.^{[2] [3]}

Further reading

• Vannucci. Fabio A. Pusterla. Nicola. Mapes. Samantha M. Gebhart. Connie. Evidence of host adaptation in Lawsonia intracellularis infections. Veterinary Research. 43. 1. 2012. 53. 1297-9716. 10.1186/1297-9716-43-53. 22715937 . 3443049 . free .
• Husnik, R., et al. "Lawsonia intracellularis in a dog with inflammatory bowel disease." Veterinarni Medicina-UZPI 48 (2003).

Notes and References

1. McORIST. S.. Gebhart. C. J.. Boid. R.. Barns. S. M.. Characterization of Lawsonia intracellularis gen. nov., sp. nov., the Obligately Intracellular Bacterium of Porcine Proliferative Enteropathy. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 45. 4. 1995. 820–825. 0020-7713. 10.1099/00207713-45-4-820. 7547305. free.
2. McGurrin MK, Vengust M, Arroyo LG, Baird JD . An outbreak of Lawsonia intracellularis infection in a standardbred herd in Ontario . . 48 . 9 . 927–30 . September 2007 . 17966333 . 1950111 .
3. Bihr TP . Protein-losing enteropathy caused by Lawsonia intracellularis in a weanling foal . . 44 . 1 . 65–6 . January 2003 . 12619560 . 340023 .