Isolation and cultivation of a spirochaete from bovine digital dermatitis

Veterinary Record

Volumn 145, Issue 17, 1999, Pages 497-498

  Demirkan, I ^a   Carter, S D ^a   Hart, C A ^a   Woodward, M J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENROFLOXACIN; RIFAMPICIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CATTLE; CELL SEPARATION; DERMATITIS; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASE; NONHUMAN; SKIN BIOPSY; SPIROCHETE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; SPIROCHAETA; SPIROCHAETALES;

EID: 0033598488     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.145.17.497     Document Type: Article

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