Associations between digital dermatitis lesion grades in dairy cattle and the quantities of four Treponema species
Abstract Digital dermatitis (DD) presents as painful, ulcerative or proliferative lesions that lead to bovine lameness affecting economic efficiency and animal welfare. Although DD etiological agent(s) have not been established, it is widely accepted that DD is a polymicrobial disease significantly...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2018-10-01
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Series: | Veterinary Research |
Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13567-018-0605-z |