Association between bovine digital dermatitis treponemes and a range of 'non-healing' bovine hoof disorders

Veterinary Record

Volumn 168, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 214-

  Evans, N J ^a   Blowey, R W ^b   Timofte, D ^a   Isherwood, D R ^a   Brown, J M ^a   Murray, R ^a   Paton, R J ^c   Carter, S D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b WOOD VETERINARY GROUP   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASE; HOOF AND CLAW; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TREPONEMA; TREPONEMATOSIS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASES; HOOF AND CLAW; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TREPONEMA; TREPONEMAL INFECTIONS;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE;

EID: 79952713674     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.c5487     Document Type: Article

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