Comparison of gene probe and conventional methods for the differentiation of ovine footrot isolates of Dichelobacter nodosus

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 127-141

  Rood, Julian I ^a   Howarth, Pauline A ^a   Haring, Volker ^a,e   Billington, Stephen J ^a,f   Yong, Weng K ^b,g   Liu, Don ^b   Palmer, Michael A ^c   Pitman, David R ^c   Links, Ian ^d   Stewart, David J ^e   Vaughan, Jill A ^e  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Hamilton Research Institute   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^e CSIRO   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dichelobacter nodosus; elastase; hybridization; sheep; vap; virulence; vrl

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DNA PROBE; FOOT ROT; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHEEP DISEASE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DICHELOBACTER NODOSUS; NEGIBACTERIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0030249431     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1135(96)00054-5     Document Type: Article

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