Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Treponemes detected in digital dermatitis lesions in Brazilian dairy cattle and possible host reservoirs of infection.
- Journal:
- Journal of clinical microbiology
- Year:
- 2015
- Authors:
- Nascimento, Ligia Valéria et al.
- Affiliation:
- Programa de Pó · Brazil
Abstract
The main pathogenic treponemes causing bovine digital dermatitis were identified from 17 infected herds in southern Brazil for the first time in this study using PCR. We did not find a relationship between treponeme phylogroup composition and clinical classification. Treponema phagedenis was present in all lesions. Rumen fluid was implicated as a reservoir location for these pathogens.
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