Footrot in sheep and goats: a case study. [PDF]
Aust Vet JThis observational study highlights the apparent lower severity of footrot in goats compared with sheep, the risk of false negative results from elastase tests, the need to clean contractors' equipment between properties and indicates the potential use of kidding (or lambing) time and individual mob biosecurity in managing footrot.
Robertson SM, Allworth MB.
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The prevalence, virulence, and serogroups of Dichelobacter nodosus and prevalence of Fusobacterium necrophorum in footrot lesions of sheep and cattle in Morocco [PDF]
Veterinary World, 2023 Background and Aim: Footrot is a contagious disease of ruminants leading to severe economic losses. This study aimed to estimate the prevalence, virulence, and serogroups of Dichelobacter nodosus and the prevalence of Fusobacterium necrophorum in footrot
Zahra Bamouh +4 more
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Prevalence of bacterial species associated with ovine footrot and contagious ovine digital dermatitis in Swedish slaughter lambs [PDF]
Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica, 2022 Background Ovine footrot and contagious ovine digital dermatitis (CODD) are contagious mixed bacterial infections with major impacts on animal health and production. In Sweden, ovine footrot and CODD were first detected in 2004 and 2019, respectively. In
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Evaluating observer agreement of scoring systems for foot integrity and footrot lesions in sheep [PDF]
BMC Veterinary Research, 2012 Background A scoring scale with five ordinal categories is used for visual diagnosis of footrot in sheep and to study its epidemiology and control. More recently a 4 point ordinal scale has been used by researchers to score foot integrity (wall and sole ...
Foddai Alessandro +3 more
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Factors associated with ovine footrot lesions in Uruguayan flocks: a cross-sectional study [PDF]
Frontiers in Veterinary ScienceOvine footrot has Dichelobacter nodosus as the primary pathogen, and it is characterized by its infectious and multifactorial nature, such as environmental conditions, management practices, and host susceptibility, leading to variable prevalence and ...
Waldemir Santiago Neto +6 more
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Social behaviour and transmission of lameness in a flock of ewes and lambs [PDF]
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2022 IntroductionSheep have heterogenous social connections that influence transmission of some infectious diseases. Footrot is one of the top five globally important diseases of sheep, it is caused by Dichelobacter nodosus and transmits between sheep when ...
Katharine E. Lewis +8 more
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“I didn’t see a sheep”: perspectives of lecturers and students at veterinary schools in Great Britain on learning about lameness in sheep [PDF]
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2023 IntroductionGreat Britain has over 15 million ewes. Lameness is one of the top three most economically important diseases for the sheep industry, costing about £80 million per annum. The prevalence of lameness reduced from 10% to 5% between 2004 and 2013
Rachel Clifton +2 more
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Natural Mycoplasma Infection Reduces Expression of Pro-Inflammatory Cytokines in Response to Ovine Footrot Pathogens [PDF]
Animals, 2022 Ovine footrot is a complex multifactorial infectious disease, causing lameness in sheep with major welfare and economic consequences. Dichelobacter nodosus is the main causative bacterium; however, footrot is a polymicrobial disease with Fusobacterium ...
Adam M. Blanchard +8 more
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Genome sequence of JKS-07B isolate from J&K, India associated with virulent footrot of sheep [PDF]
Science Progress, 2021 Introduction: Virulent footrot of sheep caused by Dichelobacter nodosus is associated with tremendous economic losses due to recurrent treatment costs and increased culling rates.
Sabia Qureshi +11 more
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Risk factors associated with the infection of sheep with Dichelobacter nodosus [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2022 Ovine footrot is a highly contagious foot disease caused by the gram-negative bacterium Dichelobacter nodosus (D. nodosus). In a recent report, we showed a prevalence of 42.9% D. nodosus positive swabs across Germany.
Julia Storms +5 more
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