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A source of technical information on footrot in sheep

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  • What is Footrot?
    • Introduction to Footrot
    • Virulent footrot
    • Intermediate (Low Virulent) footrot
    • Benign footrot
    • Interdigital dermatitis
    • References (What is footrot?)
  • Diagnosis
    • Introduction to Footrot Diagnosis
    • History
    • Clinical signs
    • Foot Scores
      • Introduction to Foot Scores
      • Score 0
      • Score 1
      • Score 2
      • Score 3
      • Score 4
      • Score 5
      • Chronic severe lesions
      • Foot score gallery
    • Laboratory Confirmation
      • Introduction to lab confirmation
      • Stained smear
      • Culture of D. nodosus
      • Tests for protease activity
      • Protease – Elastase test
      • Protease – Gelatin gel test
      • INTA PCR
      • Serogrouping
      • AprV2/B2 qPCR
    • References (Footrot Diagnosis)
  • Prevention, Treatment, Control and Eradication
    • Prevention
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    • Vaccination
    • References (Treatment, Prevention, Control and Eradication)
  • Our Publications
    • 1970-1979
    • 1980-1989
    • 1990-1999
      • Serological responses in sheep with footrot measured using ELISA
      • An anamnestic serological test for ovine footrot
      • Improving the precision of a laboratory test
      • Comparison of antigens for serological diagnosis of footrot
      • Antigenic cross-reactions between Dichelobacter nodosus and other bacteria
      • Identification of serogroup M in Nepal
      • Diagnosis of footrot based on humoral immune responses to Dichelobacter nodosus
      • Analysis of KSCN extracted antigens of Dichelobacter nodosus
      • New methods for foot scoring
      • Indirect transmission of footrot in sheep yards and on unimproved pasture
      • The severity and duration of foot lesions drive humoral immune responses to Dichelobacter nodosus
      • Serological diagnosis of footrot – epidemiological study
      • Impact of poor nutrition on vaccination against footrot
    • 2000-2009
      • Pilot trials: serogroup-specific vaccination
      • Anamnestic ELISA to confirm eradication of footrot from Nepal
      • Vaccination against footrot in Bhutan
      • Eradication of footrot from sheep and goats in Nepal with serogroup-specific vaccination
      • Serogroup-specific multiplex PCR
      • The fimbrial subunit gene fimA is essential for virulence
      • Transmission of footrot between sheep and goats
      • Twitching motility is essential for virulence of D. nodosus
      • Diagnosis of footrot in goats using ELISA
      • Genome of Dichelobacter nodosus
      • Antigenic switch in Dichelobacter nodosus?
    • 2010-2019
      • Diagnostic sampling strategies for footrot vaccination
      • The protease AprV2 is required for virulence
      • Serogrouping using direct PCR
      • Assessment of foot conformation
      • Evaluation of genotypic and phenotypic virulence tests
      • Identification of serogroup M in Tasmania
      • Review: Footrot vaccines and vaccination
      • Virulent and benign strains of D. nodosus are genetically distinct
      • Review: new approaches for control of footrot
      • Control and elimination of footrot using strain-specific vaccination
      • Comparative study of laboratory virulence tests
      • Modulation of inter-vaccination interval to avoid antigenic competition
      • Immunity and vaccine failure
      • Bacterial communities in footrot lesions
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