Occurrence of different strains of Dichelobacter nodosus in new clinical lesions in sheep exposed to footrot associated with multi-strain infections

Australian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 273-276

  Jelinek, P D ^a   Depiazzi, L J ^a   Galvin, D A ^a   Spicer, I T ^a   Palmer, M A ^a   Pitman, D R ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dichelobacter nodosus; Footrot; Gelatin gel; Gene sequence; Lesion score; Protease; Sheep

Indexed keywords

DICHELOBACTER NODOSUS; OVIS ARIES;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLASSIFICATION; DICHELOBACTER NODOSUS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FOOT ROT; GENETICS; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE;

ANIMALS; DICHELOBACTER NODOSUS; FEMALE; FOOT ROT; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0034170483     PISSN: 00050423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2000.tb11756.x     Document Type: Article

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