Footrot in Sheep
Multiple locus VNTR analysis highlights that geographical clustering and distribution of Dichelobacter nodosus, the causal agent of footrot in sheep, correlates with inter country movements
... of footrot in ...of footrot (GB, Australia) and regions where footrot has recently been reported (India, Scandina- via), were ...of sheep movements, suggesting that the MLVA technique is ...
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Sites of persistence of Fusobacterium necrophorum and Dichelobacter nodosus: a paradigm shift in understanding the epidemiology of footrot in sheep
... diseases. Footrot is a globally important bacterial disease that reduces health and productivity of ...in footrot is reportedly ubiquitous on ...in sheep feet, mouths and faeces, and in ...on ...
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Detection and Serogrouping of Dichelobacter nodosus Infection by Use of Direct PCR from Lesion Swabs To Support Outbreak Specific Vaccination for Virulent Footrot in Sheep
... experienced veterinarian for diagnostic purposes. A score (0 to 4) was assigned to each foot of each sheep according to a published previously scoring system (35). Foot swabs were collected from the active zone of ...
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A longitudinal study of the role of Dichelobacter nodosus and Fusobacterium necrophorum load in initiation and severity of footrot in sheep
... rum by week and disease status is presented in Table 2. Data were then analysed using an unordered multino- mial mixed regression model (Table 3). Compared with a baseline of healthy feet, there was a significant ...
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Diagnosing and managing footrot in sheep : an update
... lameness that they cannot resolve, and often talk to their vet by phone rather than having the vet examine their sheep. So a key issue with mis-naming lesions can be incorrect guidance from vets on managing a ...
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Survival of the ovine footrot pathogen Dichelobacter nodosus in different soils
... Dichelobacter nodosus (D. nodosus) is the causative agent of footrot in sheep; one of the most important health and welfare issues of sheep worldwide. For control programmes to be effective, it is ...
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Development and comparison of a real-time PCR assay for detection of Dichelobacter nodosus with culturing and conventional PCR: harmonisation between three laboratories
... The developed real-time PCR assay is a specific and easy-to-interpret method for detection of D. nodosus, and it is more sensitive and faster than either culturing or conventional PCR. There is an advantage that the same ...
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Evaluating observer agreement of scoring systems for foot integrity and footrot lesions in sheep
... of footrot in sheep and to study its epidemiology and ...scoring footrot lesions (using photographs and videos) and foot integrity (using post mortem specimens) in ...
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Associations between sheep farmer attitudes, beliefs, emotions and personality, and their barriers to uptake of best practice: the example of footrot
... There is now a substantive body of evidence to support the cen- tral and crucial role of such emotional experiences and processes (both positive and negative) in human decision making (Damasio et al., 1996; Bechara et ...
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The dispersal, survival and genetic variability within Dichelobacter nodosus strains, the causal agent of ovine foot disease
... Ovine footrot is an infectious disease of sheep that is caused by the aero-tolerant anaerobic bacterium Dichelobacter nodosus ...UK, footrot is the main cause of lameness in sheep (Kaler and ...
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Prevalence of footrot in Swedish slaughter lambs
... Background: Footrot is a world-wide contagious disease in sheep and ...of footrot in Swedish sheep was diagnosed in ...benign footrot from early cases of virulent footrot and ...
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A recently introduced Dichelobacter nodosus strain caused an outbreak of footrot in Norway
... isolates are closely related, genetically [19]. Although there is no exact documentation of an epidemiological link be- tween all the isolates, they were all from one county with a high density of sheep farms. The ...
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Detection and diversity of a putative novel heterogeneous polymorphic proline glycine repeat (Pgr) protein in the footrot pathogen Dichelobacter nodosus
... Wellington Article Title: Detection and diversity of a putative novel heterogeneous polymorphic proline-glycine repeat Pgr protein in the footrot pathogen Dichelobacter nodosus Year of p[r] ...
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Investigation of the molecular genetic basis of fly-strike resistance in NZ sheep: analysis of the FABP4 gene
... of sheep before, during and after the induction of fleece-rot ...of sheep and it was found that the FABP4 and FBLN1 genes had different expression patterns between these phenotypic ...of sheep to ...
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A randomised factorial design clinical trial to investigate the impact of parenteral long acting oxytetracycline, foot trimming and flunixine meglumine on time to recovery from lameness and foot lesions in sheep lame with footrot
... Green Article Title: A randomised factorial design clinical trial to investigate the impact of parenteral long acting oxytetracycline, foot trimming and flunixine meglumine on time to re[r] ...
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A distinct bacterial dysbiosis associated skin inflammation in ovine footrot
... Ovine footrot is a highly prevalent bacterial disease caused by Dichelobacter nodosus and characterised by the separation of the hoof horn from the underlying ...of footrot lesions remains ...with ...
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... In the ovine specie, which, due to the farming methods practiced mostly under the influence of climatic factors, it was found that, in temperate areas with relative high humidity, the best adapted breeds are sheep ...
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Cost benefit analysis of management practices for ewes lame with footrot
... Flock and footrot details Expected lambing percentage at scanning Percentage lambs sold as finished Percentage of ewes with footrot culled Average finished lamb value Average store lamb [r] ...
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Decline of Jakar sheep population in pastoral communities of Bhutan: A consequence of diminishing utility, alternate income opportunities and increasing challenges
... Jakar sheep population in Bhutan is declining at unprecedented rate ...Jakar sheep and investigate the causes and drivers behind the rapid decline in ...of sheep and wool in particular for clothing ...
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Complete suppression of viral gene expression is associated with the onset and progression of lymphoid malignancy: observations in Bovine Leukemia Virus infected sheep
... The demonstration in S2531 of a link between the inter- ruption of the long clinical latency and the complete sup- pression of viral expression suggests that silencing is a late event in the multi-step process leading to ...
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