Multiple locus VNTR analysis highlights that geographical clustering and distribution of Dichelobacter nodosus, the causal agent of footrot in sheep, correlates with inter-country movements☆

Multiple locus VNTR analysis highlights that geographical clustering and distribution of Dichelobacter nodosus, the causal agent of footrot in sheep, correlates with inter-country movements☆

•Development of a portable MLVA technique to characterise Dichelobacter nodosus.•Seventy-seven isolates from three continents typed.•Isolates from countries with a long and short history of footrot.•Allele distribution between countries matches historical accounts of sheep movement.•D. nodosus has e...

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Main Authors: Russell, Claire L., Smith, Edward M., Calvo-Bado, Leonides A., Green, Laura E., Wellington, Elizabeth M.H., Medley, Graham F., Moore, Lynda J., Grogono-Thomas, Rosemary
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Elsevier Science 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3969714/

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3969714/

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