Current understanding of the aetiology and laboratory diagnosis of footrot

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 171, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 421-428

  Wani, S A ^a   Samanta, I ^a  

^a SHER E KASHMIR UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY OF KASHMIR   (India)

Author keywords

Dichelobacter nodosus; Footrot; PCR; PCR RFLP; PFGE; Sheep

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; ELASTASE; FIMBRIA PROTEIN; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PILIN;

ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BOVIDS; CATTLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEER; DICHELOBACTER NODOSUS; DNA PROBE; DNA SEQUENCE; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FIMBRIA; FOOT ROT; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; GOAT DISEASE; HORSE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGENICITY; IMMUNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; INFECTION CONTROL; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SHEEP DISEASE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SWINE; VACCINATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; DICHELOBACTER NODOSUS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FOOT ROT; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; BOVIDAE; CAPRA HIRCUS; CERVIDAE; DICHELOBACTER NODOSUS; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; OVIS ARIES; OVIS ARIES MUSIMON; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 33645940611     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2005.02.017     Document Type: Article

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