Improved diagnosis of virulent ovine footrot using the intA gene

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 116, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 166-174

  Cheetham, B F ^a   Tanjung, L R ^a   Sutherland, M ^a   Druitt, J ^a   Green, G ^b   McFarlane, J ^b   Bailey, G D ^c   Seaman, J T ^c   Katz, M E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b Rural Lands Protection Board   (Australia)

^c NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dichelobacter; Footrot; PCR; Protease; Virulence

Indexed keywords

DNA; GELATIN; PROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DICHELOBACTER NODOSUS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA ISOLATION; ENZYME RELEASE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FOOT ROT; GEL; INFECTION CONTROL; LABORATORY TEST; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHEEP DISEASE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; THERMOSTABILITY;

ANIMALS; DICHELOBACTER NODOSUS; FOOT DISEASES; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DICHELOBACTER NODOSUS; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; NEGIBACTERIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 33746321270     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2006.04.018     Document Type: Article

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