| current understanding of the aetiology and laboratory diagnosis of footrot. | footrot is a highly contagious disease of the feet of ruminants caused by the synergistic action of certain bacterial species of which dichelobacter nodosus (d. nodosus) is the main transmitting agent. the infection is specific to sheep and goats, although it has also been reported in cattle, horses, pigs, deer and mouflon. the antigenic diversity of d. nodosus is due to variations in the dna sequence of its fimbrial subunit gene (fima) and provides the basis for classification of the organism i ... | 2006 | 16624707 |
| detection of dichelobacter nodosus in wild ungulates (capra ibex ibex and ovis aries musimon) and domestic sheep suffering from foot rot using a two-step polymerase chain reaction. | severe keratinous hoof afflictions have been recorded in ibex (capra ibex ibex) since 1995 and more recently in mouflon (ovis aries musimon) in switzerland. based on clinical observations and comparison with diseases known to affect domestic ungulates, it was hypothesized these wild ungulates were affected by foot rot associated with infection with dichelobacter nodosus. dichelobacter nodosus has been shown to be the essential pathogen for initiation and establishment of foot rot, a highly conta ... | 2007 | 17347396 |