Serological Diversity of Dichelobacter nodosus in German Sheep Flocks [PDF]
Animals, 2022 Footrot is one of the major causes of lameness in sheep and leads to decreased animal welfare and high economic losses. The causative agent is the Gram-negative anaerobic bacterium Dichelobacter nodosus. The prevalence of D.
Monia Budnik +6 more
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Evaluation of Infrared Thermography for the Detection of Footrot and White Line Disease Lesions in Dairy Sheep [PDF]
Veterinary Sciences, 2021 The objectives of this study were to investigate temperature distribution at the sheep hoof and evaluate the reliability and diagnostic performance of infrared thermography (IRT) for the detection of footrot and white line disease (WLD) lesions in ...
Athanasios I. Gelasakis +7 more
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Prevalence of footrot in Swedish slaughter lambs [PDF]
Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica, 2011 Background Footrot is a world-wide contagious disease in sheep and goats. It is an infection of the epidermis of the interdigital skin, and the germinal layers of the horn tissue of the feet.
Nyman Ann-Kristin J +2 more
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Application of 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing in the investigation of novel ovine skin lesions in Norway [PDF]
Frontiers in Veterinary ScienceBackgroundContagious ovine digital dermatitis (CODD) is a globally emerging polymicrobial foot disease in sheep that causes severe welfare and economic problems.
J. S. Duncan +6 more
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Characterisation of Dichelobacter nodosus on Misshapen and Damaged Ovine Feet: A Longitudinal Study of Four UK Sheep Flocks [PDF]
Animals, 2021 Dichelobacter nodosus is the causal agent of ovine footrot, a contagious disease of welfare and economic concern worldwide. Damaged feet may be subclinical carriers of D. nodosus and covertly spread infection.
Caroline M. Best +6 more
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Including genotypic information in genetic evaluations increases the accuracy of sheep breeding values. [PDF]
J Anim Breed Genet, 2023 Abstract The impact of inclusion of genome‐wide genotypes into breeding value predictions for UK Texel sheep is addressed in this article. The main aim was to investigate the level of change in the accuracy values for EBVs when information from animal genotypes is incorporated into the genetic evaluations.
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Periparturient mortality in merino ewes in Australia: Incidence, impact and the path to mitigation strategies. [PDF]
Aust Vet JManaging breeding ewe mortality is a priority for the Australian sheep industry. The periparturient period carries the highest risk of mortality, but the incidence and causes in Merino ewes are not well characterised. Here, we outline the reported incidence of annual and periparturient mortality for Australian Merino ewes, causes and risk factors for ...
Kirk B +11 more
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Editorial: Exploring infectious agents in ruminant foot diseases [PDF]
Frontiers in Veterinary ScienceCaroline da Silva Silveira +2 more
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Shotgun proteomic analysis of plasma from dairy cattle suffering from footrot: characterization of potential disease-associated factors. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 The plasma proteome of healthy dairy cattle and those with footrot was investigated using a shotgun LC-MS/MS approach. In total, 648 proteins were identified in healthy plasma samples, of which 234 were non-redundant proteins and 123 were high-confidence
Dongbo Sun +4 more
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Novel inflammatory cell infiltration scoring system to investigate healthy and footrot affected ovine interdigital skin [PDF]
PeerJ, 2018 Ovine footrot is a degenerative disease of sheep feet leading to the separation of hoof-horn from the underlying skin and lameness. This study quantitatively examined histological features of the ovine interdigital skin as well as their relationship with
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