The detection and characterisation of Dichelobacter nodosus from cases of ovine footrot in England and Wales

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 108, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 57-67

  Moore, L J ^a   Wassink, G J ^b   Green, L E ^b   Grogono Thomas, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dichelobacter; Footrot; PCR; Serogroup; Virulence

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL VACCINE; DICHELOBACTER NODOSUS VACCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DICHELOBACTER NODOSUS; ENZYME ASSAY; FOOT ROT; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHEEP; THERMOSTABILITY; UNITED KINGDOM; ZYMOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; DICHELOBACTER NODOSUS; ENGLAND; FOOT ROT; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; VIRULENCE; WALES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DICHELOBACTER; DICHELOBACTER NODOSUS; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 19444362026     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2005.01.029     Document Type: Article

References (35)

1. W.I.B. Beveridge Foot rot in sheep: a transmissible disease due to infection with Fusiformis nodosus (n. sp.): studies on its cause, epidemiology and control. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Aust. Bull. 140 1941 1 56
2. Claxton, P.D., 1986. Serogrouping of Bacteroides nodosus isolates. In: Stewart, D.J., Peterson, J.E., McKern, N.M., Emery, D.L. (Eds.), Footrot in Ruminants, Proceedings of a Workshop. CSIRO Australia and Australian Wool Corporation, pp. 131-134.
3. P.D. Claxton, L.A. Ribeiro, and J.R. Egerton Classification of Bacteroides nodosus by agglutination tests Aust. Vet. J. 60 1983 331 334
4. L.J. Depiazzi, and R.B. Richards Motility in relation to virulence of Bacteroides nodosus Vet. Microbiol. 10 1985 107 116
5. L.J. Depiazzi, R.B. Richards, J. Henderson, J.I. Rood, M. Palmer, and W.J. Penhale Characterisation of virulent and benign strains of Bacteroides nodosus Vet. Microbiol. 26 1991 151 160
6. F.E. Dewhirst, B.J. Paster, S. La Fontaine, and J.I. Rood Transfer of Kingellaindologenes (Snell and Lapage, 1976) to the genus Suttonella gen. nov. as Suttonella indologenes comb. nov.: Transfer of Bacteroides nodosus (Beveridge, 1941) to the genus Dichelobacter nodosus comb. nov.: and assignment of the genera Cardiobacterium, Dichelobacter and Suttonella to Cardiobacteriaceae fam. nov. in the gamma division of Proteobacteria based on 16S ribosomal ribonucleic acid sequence comparisons Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 40 1990 426 433
7. O.P. Dhungyel, R.J. Whittington, and J.R. Egerton Serogroup specific single and multiplex PCR with pre-enrichment culture and immuno-magnetic bead capture for identifying strains of D. nodosus in sheep with footrot prior to vaccination Mol. Cell. Prob. 16 2002 285 296
8. Egerton, J.R., Rood, J.I., 1996. Investigations of polymerase chain reaction for identification of sheep and properties free of footrot. IWS Final Report - USY61.
9. D. Every Proteinase isoenzyme patterns of Bacteroides nodosus: distinction between ovine virulent isolates, ovine benign isolates and bovine isolates J. Gen. Microbiol. 128 1982 809 812
10. S.C. Ghimire, J.R. Egerton, O.P. Dhungyel, and H.D. Joshi Identification and characterisation of serogroup M among Nepalese isolates of Dichelobacter nodosus, the transmitting agent of footrot in small ruminants Vet. Microbiol. 62 1998 217 233
11. N.P.H. Graham, and J.R. Egerton Pathogenesis of ovine footrot: the role of some environmental factors Aust. Vet. J. 44 1968 235 240
12. Grogono-Thomas, R., Johnston, A.M., 1997. A study of ovine lameness. MAFF Final Report. MAFF open contract OC59 45K. DEFRA Publications, London.
13. F. Hindmarsh, and J. Fraser Serogroups of Bacteroides nodosus isolated from ovine footrot in Britain Vet. Rec. 116 1985 187 188
14. J.D. Hunt, D.C. Jackson, P.R. Wood, D.J. Stewart, and L.E. Brown Immunological parameters associated with antigenic competition in a multivalent foot rot vaccine Vaccine 13 1995 1649 1657
15. R.M. Kennan, O.P. Dhungyel, R.J. Whittington, J.R. Egerton, and J.I. Rood Transformation-mediated serogroup conversion of Dichelobacter nodosus Vet. Microbiol. 92 2003 169 178
16. A.A. Kortt, J.E. Burns, and D.J. Stewart Detection of the extracellular proteases of Bacteroides nodosus in polyacrylamide gels; a rapid method of distinguishing virulent and benign ovine isolates Res. Vet. Sci. 35 1983 171 174
17. S. La Fontaine, J.R. Egerton, and J.I. Rood Detection of Dichelobacter nodosus using species-specific oligonucleotides as PCR primers Vet. Microbiol. 35 1993 101 117
18. C.J. Lewis, I.H. Davies, P.K. Martin, and R.D. Naylor A new severe foot condition in the UK 5th International Sheep Veterinary Congress 2001 http://www.up.ac.za/academic/lhpg/md/lewis.htm
19. I.J. Links, and S. Morris Assessment of gelatin gel and elastase tests for detection of protease activity of Dichelobacter nodosus isolates from ovine footrot Vet. Microbiol. 51 1996 305 318
20. D. Liu, and J. Webber A polymerase chain reaction assay for improved determination of virulence of Dichelobacter nodosus, the specific causal pathogen for ovine footrot Vet. Microbiol. 43 1995 197 207
21. L.J. Moore, A.T. Crowe, M. Norman, C.L. Kristo, and J.R. Egerton Antigenic stability of fimbriae of Bacteroides nodosus Aust. Vet. J. 67 1990 219 223
22. M.A. Palmer A gelatin test to detect activity and stability of proteases produced by Dichelobacter (bacteroides) nodosus Vet. Microbiol. 36 1993 113 122
23. I.M. Parsonson, J.R. Egerton, and D.S. Roberts Ovine interdigital dermatitis J. Comp. Pathol. 77 1967 309 313
24. H.W. Raadsma Genetic aspects of resistance to ovine footrot R.F.E. Axford S.C. Bishop F.W. Nicholas J.B. Owen Breeding for Resistance in Farm Animals 2000 219 241
25. H.W. Raadsma, J.C. McEwan, M.J. Stear, and A.M. Crawford Genetic characterisation of protective vaccine responses in sheep using multi-valent Dichelobacter nodosus vaccines Vet. Immunol. Immunopathol. 72 1999 219 229
26. T.M. Skerman Determination of some in vitro growth requirements of Bacteroides nodosus J. Gen. Microbiol. 87 1975 107 119
27. T.M. Skerman, S.K. Erasmuson, and D. Every Differentiation of Bacteroides nodosus biotypes and colony variants in relation to their virulence and immunoprotective properties in sheep Infect. Immun. 32 1981 788 795
28. J.H. Thomas A simple medium for the isolation and cultivation of Fusiformis nodosus Aust. Vet. J. 34 1958 411
29. C.M. Thorley A simplified method for the isolation of Bacteroides nodosus from ovine foot-rot and studies on its colony morphology and serology J. Appl. Bacteriol. 40 1976 301 309
30. Thorley, C.M., Day, S.E.J., 1986. Serotyping survey of 1296 strains of Bacteroides nodosus isolated from sheep and cattle in Great Britain and western Europe. In: Stewart, D.J., Peterson, J.E., McKern, N.M., Emery, D.L. (Eds.), Footrot in Ruminants, Proceedings of a Workshop. CSIRO Australia and Australian Wool Corporation, pp. 135-142.
31. G.J. Wassink, R. Grogono-Thomas, L.J. Moore, and L.E. Green Risk factors associated with the prevalence of footrot in sheep from 1999 to 2000 Vet. Rec. 152 2003 351 358
32. G.J. Wassink, R. Grogono-Thomas, L.J. Moore, and L.E. Green Risk factors associated with the prevalence of interdigital dermatitis in sheep from 1999 to 2000 Vet. Rec. 154 2004 551 555
33. Wassink, G.J., Moore, L.J., Grogono-Thomas, R., Green, L.E. Footrot and interdigital dermatitis in sheep: farmers' practices, opinions and attitudes. Vet. Rec., in press.
34. R.J. Whittington Observations on the indirect transmission of virulent ovine footrot in sheep yards and its spread in sheep on unimproved pasture Aust. Vet. J. 72 1995 132 134
35. H. Zhou, and J.G.H. Hickford Novel fimbrial subunit genes of Dichelobacter nodosus: recombination in vivo or in vitro? Vet. Microbiol. 76 2000 163 174