Identification and Quantification of Bovine Digital Dermatitis-Associated Microbiota across Lesion Stages in Feedlot Beef Cattle [PDF]
mSystems, 2021 Bovine digital dermatitis (DD) is a skin disorder that is a significant cause of infectious lameness in cattle around the world. However, very little is known about the etiopathogenesis of the disease and the microbiota associated with DD in beef cattle.
Ben Caddey +4 more
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The Presence of Treponema spp. in Equine Hoof Canker Biopsies and Skin Samples from Bovine Digital Dermatitis Lesions [PDF]
Microorganisms, 2021 Equine hoof canker and bovine digital dermatitis are infectious inflammatory diseases of the hooves with an unknown etiology. However, anaerobic spirochetes of the genus Treponema are considered to be potential etiological agents.
Paulína Marčeková +6 more
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Diagnosis of Bovine Digital Dermatitis: Exploring the Usefulness of Indirect ELISA [PDF]
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2021 The precision by which animal diseases are diagnosed affects our ability to make informed decisions with regards to animal health management, from a clinical and economic perspective. Lameness is a major health condition in dairy cattle.
João Sucena Afonso +5 more
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Functional Variants Associated With CMPK2 and in ASB16 Influence Bovine Digital Dermatitis [PDF]
Frontiers in Genetics, 2022 Bovine digital dermatitis (BDD) is an infectious disease of the hoof in cattle with multifactorial etiology and a polygenic influence on susceptibility.
Diana Oelschlaegel +8 more
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Genotypic and Phenotypic Characterization of Treponema phagedenis from Bovine Digital Dermatitis [PDF]
Microorganisms, 2020 This study aimed to isolate and characterize Treponema spp. from bovine digital dermatitis (BDD)-infected dairy cattle. Seven isolates were characterized in this study. Isolates exhibited slow growth, and colonies penetrated the agar and exhibited weak β-
Hector M. Espiritu +7 more
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High quality genome sequence of Treponema phagedenis KS1 isolated from bovine digital dermatitis [PDF]
Journal of Animal Science and Technology, 2020 Treponema phagedenis KS1, a fastidious anaerobe, was isolated from a bovine digital dermatitis (BDD)-infected dairy cattle in Chungnam, Korea. Initial data indicated that T. phagedenis KS1 exhibited
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Meta-Analysis of Bovine Digital Dermatitis Microbiota Reveals Distinct Microbial Community Structures Associated With Lesions [PDF]
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2021 Bovine digital dermatitis (DD) is a significant cause of infectious lameness and economic losses in cattle production across the world. There is a lack of a consensus across different 16S metagenomic studies on DD-associated bacteria that may be ...
Ben Caddey, Jeroen De Buck
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Proteolytic dysfunction in bovine digital dermatitis caused by Treponema spp. and the therapeutic use of non-antimicrobial matrix metalloproteinase inhibitors [PDF]
Communications BiologyDigital dermatitis (DD) is a painful hoof disease in cattle, closely linked to Treponema spp., for which the pathogenesis remains poorly understood and effective treatments are lacking.
Priyoshi Lahiri +13 more
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Removal of bovine digital dermatitis-associated treponemes from hoof knives after foot-trimming: a disinfection field study [PDF]
BMC Veterinary Research, 2020 Background Bovine digital dermatitis (BDD) is an infectious foot disease found commonly in dairy herds. Foot-trimming is an important husbandry procedure for reducing the ensuing lameness; however, epidemiological, and microbiological studies have ...
A. V. Gillespie +4 more
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Microbiome Shift, Diversity, and Overabundance of Opportunistic Pathogens in Bovine Digital Dermatitis Revealed by 16S rRNA Amplicon Sequencing [PDF]
Animals, 2020 This study analyzed the diversity and phylogenetic relationship of the microbiome of bovine digital dermatitis (BDD) lesions and normal skin from cattle foot by using 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing.
Hector M. Espiritu +6 more
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