Variation in Fusobacterium necrophorum strains present on the hooves of footrot infected sheep, goats and cattle

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 135, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 363-367

  Zhou, Huitong ^a   Bennett, Grant ^a   Hickford, Jon G H ^a  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cattle; Footrot; Fusobacterium necrophorum; Goat; Leukotoxin (lktA) gene; Sheep; Variation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CATTLE; DICHELOBACTER NODOSUS; FOOT ROT; FUSOBACTERIUM NECROPHORUM; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GOAT; LKTA GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHEEP; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FUSOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; FUSOBACTERIUM NECROPHORUM; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HOOF AND CLAW; NECROSIS; NEW ZEALAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SKIN;

BOS; CAPRA HIRCUS; DICHELOBACTER NODOSUS; FUSOBACTERIUM NECROPHORUM; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 61849125866     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2008.09.084     Document Type: Article

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