title: The laboratory culture of Dichelobacter nodosus in a footrot eradication program.
abstract: As part of a program to eradicate virulent footrot from Western Australia, 2745 isolates of Dichelobacter nodosus were isolated from 5263 specimens from 1883 submissions. The virulence of each isolate was assessed using protease thermostability and isoenzyme zymogram. We describe changes to the materials and methods required to handle these specimens and to reduce the interval between submission and report to 8 days.
authors.affiliation: Department of Agriculture, Albany, Western Australia.
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Pitman
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Palmer
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Depiazzi
mesh_terms: D000332:Aerobiosis; D000693:Anaerobiosis; D000818:Animals; D001439:Bacteroides / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity; D003470:Culture Media; D005535:Foot Rot / Q000382:microbiology*; D012756:Sheep; D012757:Sheep Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D014774:Virulence
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media