Improved laboratory diagnosis of ovine footrot: An update

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 99-105

  Liu, D ^a   Yong, W K ^b  

^a MELBOURNE PATHOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Dichelobacter nodosus; Differentiation; Ovine footrot; Virulence

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; GELATIN; PANCREATIC ELASTASE;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BACTEROIDES; DIAGNOSIS, MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOOT ROT; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BACTEROIDES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOOT ROT; GELATIN; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; PANCREATIC ELASTASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0030624051     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1090-0233(97)80014-7     Document Type: Article

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