Publications

characterisation of dichelobacter nodosus isolates from norway.	an outbreak of ovine footrot in norway in 2008, the first reported since 1948, prompted action to investigate norwegian isolates of dichelobacter nodosus. a total of 579 isolates from 124 different farms were characterised. these included 519 isolates from sheep, 52 isolates from cattle and 8 isolates from goats. the potential virulence of the isolates was assessed by the gelatin gel test (gg-test) and the elastin agar test, that test the heat stability and elastase activity of bacterial proteas ...	2013	23332560
a recently introduced dichelobacter nodosus strain caused an outbreak of footrot in norway.	in 2008, an outbreak of ovine footrot occurred in norway. dichelobacter nodosus isolates collected between 2008 and 2011 have been characterised. isolates defined as virulent by the gelatin gel test (gg-test) were only found in sheep in rogaland county, where the severe cases of footrot were registered. the majority (96%) of the virulent isolates belonged to serogroup a. it is suspected that they represent a newly introduced strain, and the aim of the present study was to investigate whether the ...	2014	24886510
a longitudinal study of the risks for introduction of severe footrot into sheep flocks in the south west of norway.	in 2008, ovine footrot was detected in norway for the first time since 1948. by december 2012 it had spread to 99 flocks, all in the county of rogaland in the south west of norway, and 42% of which were located in the municipality of rennesøy in rogaland. the aim of this study was to investigate risk factors for contracting severe footrot in flocks of sheep. a flock was considered positive for severe footrot based on positive virulence test or by clinical signs in addition to a positive pcr test ...	2014	24315430