Bovine necrotic vulvovaginitis associated with Porphyromonas levii.
An outbreak of bovine necrotic vulvovaginitis associated with Porphyromonas levii, an emerging animal and human pathogen, affected 32 cows on a dairy farm in the northeast of Israel. Five animals had to be culled. This report appears to be the first that associates P. levii with bovine necrotic vulvovagnitis.
Elad
Daniel
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Department of Clinical Bacteriology and Mycology, Kimron Veterinary Institute, PO Box 12, Bet Dagan 50250, Israel. elad@agri.huji.ac.il
Friedgut
Orly
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Alpert
Nir
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Stram
Yehuda
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Lahav
Dan
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Tiomkin
Doron
D
Avramson
Miriam
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Grinberg
Kalia
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Bernstein
Michael
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D000818:Animals; D016866:Bacteroidaceae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D007557:Israel; D017861:Porphyromonas / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D014848:Vulvovaginitis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*