Experimental infection with Treponema hyodysenteriae in nude mice.
Compared with phenotypically normal heterozygous (nu/+) littermates, congenitally athymic, BALB/c nude (nu/nu) mice inoculated with a single oral dose of Treponema hyodysenteriae had a higher incidence of cecal lesions.
D000818:Animals; D002432:Cecum / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D006579:Heterozygote; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008819:Mice, Nude; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D014208:Treponema / Q000254:growth & development; D014211:Treponemal Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*