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SUBMITTER: Agbaje M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6033080 | biostudies-literature | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Agbaje Michael M Rutland Catrin S CS Maboni Grazieli G Blanchard Adam A Bexon Melissa M Stewart Ceri C Jones Michael A MA Totemeyer Sabine S
PeerJ 20180702
Ovine footrot is a degenerative disease of sheep feet leading to the separation of hoof-horn from the underlying skin and lameness. This study quantitatively examined histological features of the ovine interdigital skin as well as their relationship with pro-inflammatory cytokine (IL-1β) and virulent <i>Dichelobacter nodosus</i> in footrot. From 55 healthy and 30 footrot ovine feet, parallel biopsies (one fixed for histology) were collected post-slaughter and analysed for lesions and histopathol ...[more]