RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Failure to infect gnotobiotic colostrum-deprived, and normal piglets with Treponema pallidum (Nichols).
JF The British Journal of Venereal Diseases
JO Br J Vener Dis
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 213
OP 214
DO 10.1136/sti.51.3.213
VO 51
IS 3
A1 S R Graves
A1 M S Wachter
A1 R C Johnson
YR 1975
UL http://sti.bmj.com/content/51/3/213.abstract
AB Normal piglets kept at 16 degrees C. and gnotobiotic piglets kept at 32 degrees C. rapidly destroyed Treponema pallidum, while gnotobiotic piglets kept at 26 degrees C. showed slightly slower clearance. No infections were established. The high body temperature of the piglets has an important influence on the survival of T. pallidum.