Transmission of virulent footrot between sheep and goats

Australian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 450-453

  Ghimire, S C ^a   Egerton, J R ^a   Dhungyel, O P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

D nodosus; Footrot; Goat; Host specificity; Sheep; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CAPRA; CAPRA HIRCUS; DICHELOBACTER NODOSUS; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DICHELOBACTER NODOSUS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FOOT ROT; GOAT; GOAT DISEASE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; MALE; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; DICHELOBACTER NODOSUS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; FOOT ROT; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

EID: 0033162164     PISSN: 00050423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.1999.tb12091.x     Document Type: Article

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