The bovine foot skin microbiota is associated with host genotype and the development of infectious digital dermatitis lesions

The bovine foot skin microbiota is associated with host genotype and the development of infectious digital dermatitis lesions

Abstract Background Bovine Digital Dermatitis (BDD) is a prevalent infectious disease, causing painful foot skin lesions and lameness in cattle. We describe herein the bovine foot skin microbiota and its associations with BDD using 16S rRNA gene amplicon and shotgun metagenomic sequencing on samples...

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Main Authors: V. Bay, A. Gillespie, E. Ganda, N. J. Evans, S. D. Carter, L. Lenzi, A. Lucaci, S. Haldenby, M. Barden, B. E. Griffiths, E. Sánchez-Molano, R. Bicalho, G. Banos, A. Darby, G. Oikonomou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-01-01
Series:Microbiome
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-022-01440-7

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