Session I 

Spirochete Diseases of Cattle, Swine, and Avian Species: Swine Dysentery, Intestinal Spirochetosis, Leptospirosis, Hairy Footwart
Conveners: Jesse Goff, Neil Jensen, Thad Stanton, Rich Zuerner 

 
  Cloning and Analysis of a Novel Hemolysin Gene from Serpulina hyodysenteriae 
  Evaluation of day-old SPF chicks for pathogenicity testing of intestinal spirochete species 
  Evaluation of the virulence of rhea S. hyodysenteriae strains for swine. 
  Experimental Transmission of Papillomatous Digital Dermatitis (Footwarts) in Cattle 
  Humoral Response of Dairy Cattle to Spirochetes isolated from Papillomatous Digital Dermatitis Lesions 
  Identification and characterization of the shi system implicated in S. hyodysenteriae periplasmic iron transport. 
  Identification of genes encoding virion-associated proteins of VSH-1, a bacteriophage of Serpulina hyodysenteriae 
  Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay for the Detection of Leptospira interrogans in bovine urine