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Genomic evidence for a globally distributed, bimodal population in the ovine footrot pathogen Dichelobacter nodosus.
mBio - 30 Sept 2014
Kennan Ruth M, Gilhuus Marianne, Frosth Sara, Seemann Torsten, Dhungyel Om P, Whittington Richard J, Boyce John D, Powell David R, Aspán Anna, Jørgensen Hannah J, Bulach Dieter M, Rood Julian I
Abstract excerpt
UNLABELLED: Footrot is a contagious, debilitating disease of sheep, causing major economic losses in most sheep-producing countries. The causative agent is the Gram-negative anaerobe Dichelobacter nodosus. Depending on the virulence of the infective bacterial strain, clinical signs vary from a mild interdigital dermatitis (benign footrot) to severe underrunning of the horn of the hoof (virulent footrot). The aim...
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