Serological evidence of spirochaetal infections associated with digital dermatitis in dairy cattle

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 69-77

  Demirkan, I ^a   Walker, R L ^b   Murray, R D ^a   Blowey, R W ^c   Carter, S D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c WOOD VETERINARY GROUP   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Digital dermatitis; ELISA; Treponema spp; Western blotting

Indexed keywords

BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; SPIROCHAETES; TREPONEMA; TREPONEMA DENTICOLA; TREPONEMA VINCENTII;

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA INFECTION; CATTLE; DERMATITIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASE; HOOF AND CLAW; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIROCHETE INFECTION; TREPONEMA;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; BORRELIA INFECTIONS; CATTLE; DERMATITIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASES; HOOF AND CLAW; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIROCHAETALES INFECTIONS; TREPONEMA; TREPONEMAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 0032616782     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/tvjl.1998.0276     Document Type: Article

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