Assessment of gelatin gel and elastase tests for detection of protease activity of Dichelobacter nodosus isolates from ovine footrot

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 305-318

  Links, I J ^a   Morris, S ^a  

^a NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dichelobacter nodosus; Elastase test; Footrot; Gelatin gel test; Protease; Sheep

Indexed keywords

PROTEINASE;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DICHELOBACTER NODOSUS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCIBILITY; SHEEP;

EID: 0030218843     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1135(96)00011-9     Document Type: Article

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