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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Main Authors: Caroline Beninger, Syed Ali Naqvi, Sohail Naushad, Karin Orsel, Chris Luby, Hooman Derakhshani, Ehsan Khafipour, Jeroen De Buck
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-10-01
Series:Veterinary Research
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13567-018-0605-z