Lawsonia Intracellularis Vaccination (AAEP 2008)

Pusterla discussed the effectiveness of three vaccination strategies against L. intracellularis, which causes proliferative enteropathy (a spreading intestinal disease). "Although the clinical entity (L. intracellularis infection), diagnostic evaluation, and treatment of affected foals have been well-established and described, preventive measures have remained largely unaddressed," he noted.