A case report of lameness in two dairy goat herds; A suspected combination of nutritional factors concurrent with treponeme infection

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Groenevelt, Margit ^a   Anzuino, Katharine ^b   Smith, Sue ^c   Lee, Michael R F ^a,d   Grogono Thomas, Rosemary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Willow Walk   (United Kingdom)

^c Rothamsted Research ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dairy goats; Lameness; Nutrition; Treponemes

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; CASE REPORT; CHEMISTRY; COMPLICATION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASES; GOAT; GOAT DISEASES; HOOF AND CLAW; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RUMEN; TREPONEMATOSIS;

ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASES; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; HOOF AND CLAW; RUMEN; TREPONEMAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 84951061206     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13104-015-1734-3     Document Type: Article

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