The frequent detection of a treponeme in bovine digital dermatitis by immunocytochemistry and polymerase chain reaction

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 60, Issue 2-4, 1998, Pages 285-292

  Demirkan, I ^a   Carter, S D ^a   Murray, R D ^a   Blowey, R W ^b   Woodward, M J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b WOOD VETERINARY GROUP   (United Kingdom)

^c VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Cattle bacteria; Dermatitis; Immunocytochemistry; PCR; Treponema spp.

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CATTLE DISEASE; DERMATITIS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TREPONEMA DENTICOLA; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DERMATITIS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL; TOES; TREPONEMA; TREPONEMAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 0032574109     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1135(98)00146-1     Document Type: Article

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