Risk factors associated with the infection of sheep with Dichelobacter nodosus

Abstract 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. In this follow-up study, we used real-time PCR results for D. nodosus and...

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Main Authors: Julia Storms, Anna Wirth, Danae Vasiliadis, Jörg Jores, Peter Kuhnert, Ottmar Distl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-06-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-13933-4