Current approaches to the management of ovine footrot

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 28-41

  Abbott, K A ^a   Lewis, C J ^b  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Fields Farm   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Control; Dichelobacter nodosus; Eradication; Lameness; Ovine footrot; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL VACCINE; COPPER CHLORIDE; COPPER DERIVATIVE; COPPER NITRATE; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; DRUG ADDITIVE; FOOT ROT VACCINE; FOOTVAX; FORMALDEHYDE; TOPICAL AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC SULFATE;

ACTIVE IMMUNIZATION; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ALLERGIC REACTION; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CARCINOGENICITY; CLIMATE; CONTROL STRATEGY; DERMATITIS; DICHELOBACTER NODOSUS; DRUG PENETRATION; FOOT ROT; FUSOBACTERIUM NECROPHORUM; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; NONHUMAN; PASTURE; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; SEASON; SHEEP DISEASE; SHEEP FARMING; TOPICAL TREATMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

DICHELOBACTER NODOSUS; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 13344275086     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2004.05.008     Document Type: Article

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