Identification and Quantification of Bovine Digital Dermatitis-Associated Microbiota across Lesion Stages in Feedlot Beef Cattle

Ben Caddey; Karin Orsel; Sohail Naushad; Hooman Derakhshani; Jeroen De Buck

doi:10.1128/mSystems.00708-21

mSystems (Aug 2021)

Identification and Quantification of Bovine Digital Dermatitis-Associated Microbiota across Lesion Stages in Feedlot Beef Cattle

Ben Caddey,
Karin Orsel,
Sohail Naushad,
Hooman Derakhshani,
Jeroen De Buck

Affiliations

Ben Caddey: Department of Production Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Karin Orsel: Department of Production Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Sohail Naushad: Ottawa Laboratory Fallowfield, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Hooman Derakhshani: Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Jeroen De Buck: Department of Production Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1128/mSystems.00708-21
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 6, no. 4

Abstract

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Previous work, primarily in dairy cattle, has identified various taxa associated with digital dermatitis (DD) lesions. However, there is a significant gap in our knowledge of DD microbiology in beef cattle.

Published in mSystems

ISSN: 2379-5077 (Online)
Publisher: American Society for Microbiology
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Science: Microbiology
Website: https://journals.asm.org/journal/msystems

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