title: Microbiological study of foot-rot in lambs: isolation, elastolytic activity and antimicrobial susceptibility.
abstract: A microbiological study was made of an outbreak of foot-rot in lambs. Elastolytic activity was detected in all 10 Bacteroides nodosus strains isolated from the hooves of 9 affected animals. Among 14 other isolated strictly anaerobic microorganisms belonging to different species or genera only 4 strains showed a low degree of elastolysis. The 14 antimicrobial agents studied effectively inhibited "in vitro" growth of B. nodosus.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Microbiología e Inmunología, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de Extremadura, Caceres, Spain.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Píriz
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Valle
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: de la Fuente
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Angulo
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vadillo
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001439:Bacteroides / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D004549:Elastin / Q000378:metabolism*; D005535:Foot Rot / Q000382:microbiology*; D012756:Sheep; D012757:Sheep Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D004549:Elastin