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The bovine foot skin microbiota is associated with host genotype and the development of infectious digital dermatitis lesions.
Microbiome - 10 Jan 2023
Bay V, Gillespie A, Ganda E, Evans N J, Carter S D, Lenzi L, Lucaci A, Haldenby S, Barden M, Griffiths B E, Sánchez-Molano E, Bicalho R, Banos G, Darby A, Oikonomou G
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Bovine Digital Dermatitis (BDD) is a prevalent infectious disease, causing painful foot skin lesions and lameness in cattle. We describe herein the bovine foot skin microbiota and its associations with BDD using 16S rRNA gene amplicon and shotgun metagenomic sequencing on samples from 259 dairy cows from three UK dairy farms. RESULTS: We show evidence of dysbiosis, and differences in taxonomy and...
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