A spirochete isolated from a case of severe virulent ovine foot disease is closely related to a Treponeme isolated from human periodontitis and bovine digital dermatitis

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 249-257

  Collighan, Russell J ^a   Naylor, Roger D ^a   Martin, Patrick K ^a   Cooley, Bill A ^a   Buller, Nicky ^b   Woodward, Martin J ^a  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Digital dermatitis; Foot rot; Sheep bacteria; Treponema vincentii

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATITIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FOOT DISEASE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERIODONTITIS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHEEP; SPIROCHETE; TREPONEMA;

ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; FOOT ROT; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PHYLOGENY; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TREPONEMA; TREPONEMAL INFECTIONS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0034213037     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1135(00)00190-5     Document Type: Article

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