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Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
Keywords
Bacteroides nodosus, Sheep, Goats, Diagnostic techniques, DNA fingerprinting
Disciplines
Bacteriology | Sheep and Goat Science | Veterinary Infectious Diseases
First Page Number
66
Last Page Number
68
ISSN
0021-8618
Abstract
The diagnosis of footrot in sheep and goats is not an easy task. Two main techniques are used for diagnosis - inspection of diseased feet on a farm and laboratory testing of bacteria isolated from foot scrapings. The interpretation of the results obtained by these methods requires a good understanding of the various forms of footrot.
A new laboratory technique has halved the time taken to detect those strains of the bacterium, Bacteroides (Dichelobacter) nodosus, that cause each form of the disease.
Recommended Citation
Depiazzi, Laurie; Palmer, Mike; and Pitman, David
(1991)
"New technique joins the fight against footrot,"
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4: Vol. 32:
No.
2, Article 8.
Available at:
https://library.dpird.wa.gov.au/journal_agriculture4/vol32/iss2/8
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