Fusobacterium sp. JKSFn-26 isolate:sheep Genome sequencing
Fusobacterium necrophorum is an anaerobe implicated in severe footrot in sheep. The disease is characterized by an exudative inflammation, followed by necrosis of the epidermal tissue of theinterdigital skin and hoof matrix, resulting in separation of the hoof from the underlying soft tissue. The affected animals exhibit lameness, loss of body weight, reduced wool and meat production. Dichelobacter nodosus drives the pathogenesis of footrot from initiation of interdigital dermatitis to severe footrot and F. necrophorum contributing to the severity and duration. The F.necrophorum strain JKSFn-26 was isolated from severe ovine footrot in Kashmir valley, India