title: Aetiology of ovine footrot in the Portuguese region of Alto Alentejo.
abstract: In this work, we found it appropriate to carry out a study directed towards isolating and identifying the entailed microorganisms which trigger off footrot in sheep, placing special emphasis on the serotipification of the different Dichelobacter nodosus species. With this goal in mind four flocks from the Portuguese region of 'Alto Alentejo' were selected, all of them had one common feature: their main health problem was ovine footrot. We also set out to determine the elastolitic capacity of isolated strict-anaerobic bacteria, in order to be able to clarify the direct involvement of these microorganisms in the outbreak of this infectious process.
authors.affiliation: Cátedra de Microbiología e Inmunología, Departamento de Medicina y Sanidad Animal, Facultad de Veterinaria, Avda. de la Universidad s/n, 10071 Cáceres, Spain.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jiménez
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Píriz
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Martín-Palomino
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mateos
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vadillo
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D020376:Dichelobacter nodosus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005535:Foot Rot / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D005673:Fusobacterium / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012703:Serotyping; D012756:Sheep; D012757:Sheep Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology