Table 1 The findings in intestinal specimens from growing pigs with diarrhoea (case), clinically healthy control pigs from the same poor performance herds (casecontrol), and from healthy pigs originating from good performance herds (control), examined by immunohistochemistry (IHC), necropsy, and PCR.
From: The occurrence of Chlamydiaspp. in pigs with and without clinical disease
Case | Casecontrol | Control | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
(n = 18) | (n = 18) | (n = 12) | ||
IHC | - | 1 (7%) | 9 (53%) | 2 (17%) |
+ | 5 (33%) | 3 (18%) | 7 (58%) | |
++ | 7 (47%) | 4 (24%) | 3 (25%) | |
+++ | 2 (13%) | 1 (6%) | 0 | |
missing | 3 | 1 | - | |
Necropsy | Villi atrophy | 6 (33%) | 10 (56%) | 0 |
Villi necrosis | 5 (28%) | 1 (6%) | 1 (8%) | |
PCR | positive | 18 (100%) | 18 (100%) | 10 (83%) |
inhibited | 0 | 0 | 2 (17%) |