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Brachyspira hyodysenteriae, agent of swine dysentery
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Brachyspira hyodysenteriae, agent of swine dysentery

    Note the characteristic morphology of B hyodysenteriae: loose, slender coils. Other agents of swine dysentery have similar morphology and can often be visualized in stained fecal smears from symptomatic pigs.

Courtesy of Joann Kinyon, Iowa State University Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory.

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Swine Dysentery