Publications
| infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis epizootic associated with area-wide emergence of a new moraxella bovis pilus type. | pilus-mediated adherence is a virulence attribute of moraxella bovis. several pilus types have been shown to exist among strains of this bacterium, but correlation between pilus type and specific field cases of the disease has not been done. during the summer of 1987, an epizootic of infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis was reported in 7 iowa counties. eight isolates of m bovis were secured from 12 episodes studied. all 8 of the isolates were nearly homogeneous in biochemical properties and ha ... | 1989 | 2572190 |
| a randomized and blinded field trial to assess the efficacy of an autogenous vaccine to prevent naturally occurring infectious bovine keratoconjunctivis (ibk) in beef calves. | a randomized and blinded 2-arm parallel trial was conducted to assess the efficacy of an autogenous vaccine to prevent naturally occurring infectious bovine keratoconjunctivis (ibk) in beef calves. the trial was managed between may and november 2008 on university owned farms in iowa and wisconsin. the vaccine at iowa contained moraxella bovoculi (m. bovoculi) while the organism used in the wisconsin herds vaccine was branhemella ovis (b. ovis renamed m. ovis). calves born between january and may ... | 2009 | 19531391 |