Dichelobacter nodosus, Fusobacterium necrophorum and the epidemiology of footrot

Anaerobe

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 173-176

  Bennett, Grant ^a   Hickford, Jon ^a   Sedcole, Richard ^a   Zhou, Huitong ^a  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Dichelobacter nodosus; Footrot; Fusobacterium necrophorum; Lameness; Sheep

Indexed keywords

DNA;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DICHELOBACTER NODOSUS; DNA EXTRACTION; FOOT ROT; FUSOBACTERIUM NECROPHORUM; HOOF AND CLAW; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP FARMING; SMEAR;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; DICHELOBACTER NODOSUS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FOOT ROT; FUSOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; FUSOBACTERIUM NECROPHORUM; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HOOF AND CLAW; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

DICHELOBACTER NODOSUS; FUSOBACTERIUM NECROPHORUM; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 67651024521     PISSN: 10759964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2009.02.002     Document Type: Article

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