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Title

ENTERIC STREPTOCOCCUS DURANS--AN ADHERING STREPTOCOCCUS AS A CAUSE OF DIARRHEA IN SUCKLING PIGLETS?

Authors

Darrell D. Johnson, South Dakota State University

Date of this Version

8-1984

Citation

1984 PROCEEDINGS TWENTY FIFTH ANNUAL GEORGE A. YOUNG CONFERENCE AND TWENTY FOURTH ANNUAL NEBRASKA SPF CONFERENCE

Abstract

Streptococcus durans has been considered a normal part of the intestinal flora. We would contest that assumption in light of evidence from field case submissions and because of its ability to colonize intestinal mucosa and create pathologic changes in intestine of gnotobiotic pigs.