An experimental infection model to induce digital dermatitis infection in cattle

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1821-1830

  Gomez, A ^a   Cook, N B ^a   Bernardoni, N D ^a   Rieman, J ^a   Dusick, A F ^a   Hartshorn, R ^a   Socha, M T ^b   Read, D H ^c   Dopfer D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b ZINPRO CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cattle; Digital dermatitis; Infection model; Treponema spp.

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DIGITAL DERMATITIS; DISEASE MODEL; FEMALE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TREPONEMA; TREPONEMATOSIS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DIGITAL DERMATITIS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TREPONEMA; TREPONEMAL INFECTIONS;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVINAE; TREPONEMA;

EID: 84858964127     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2011-4754     Document Type: Article

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