Assessment of current knowledge of footrot in sheep with particular reference to Dichelobacter nodosus and implications for elimination or control strategies for sheep in Great Britain

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 175, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 173-180

  Green, L E ^a   George, T R N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Control; Dichelobacter nodosus; Elimination; Environment; Footrot; Transmission dynamics

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL VACCINE; DICHELOBACTER NODOSUS VACCINE;

ANIMAL CARE; ANIMAL HEALTH; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DICHELOBACTER NODOSUS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ERADICATION THERAPY; FOOT DISEASE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HERD; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SHEEP DISEASE; SKIN INFECTION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; DICHELOBACTER NODOSUS; FOOT ROT; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GREAT BRITAIN; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

DICHELOBACTER NODOSUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 44249119611     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2007.01.014     Document Type: Review

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