Host and environmental reservoirs of infection for bovine digital dermatitis treponemes

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 156, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 102-109

  Evans, Nicholas J ^a   Timofte, Dorina ^a,d   Isherwood, Diana R ^a   Brown, Jennifer M ^a   Williams, Jonathan M ^a   Sherlock, Kenneth ^b   Lehane, Michael J ^b   Murray, Richard D ^a   Birtles, Richard J ^c   Anthony Hart, C ^a   Carter, Stuart D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Romania)

Author keywords

Bovine digital dermatitis; PCR; Spirochetes; Treponema

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL DERMATITIS; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HOST; MOUTH CAVITY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECTUM; TREPONEMA;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DIGITAL DERMATITIS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FEMALE; MALE; TREPONEMA; TREPONEMAL INFECTIONS;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVINAE; HEXAPODA; TREPONEMA;

EID: 84857657764     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2011.09.029     Document Type: Article

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