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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-11-21
pubmed:abstractText
Digital dermatitis, presenting as a focal necrotic dermatitis on the skin of cows' feet adjacent to the interdigital space, has been associated with dermal infection by spirochaetes. Lesions cause severe, transient lameness. An enzyme-linked immunoassay (ELISA) was used to measure IgG(2) antibody titres against three different spirochaetes: USA bovine Treponema isolates 1-9185MED and 2-1498, and a UK strain of Borrelia burgdorferi B31. Logistic models were used to describe lesion prevalence in terms of the antibody titres, herd and milking status, year, lactation number, and yield. The antibody titres and milking status (P<0.001) dominated the logistic fits, with the other variables adding little. Generalised linear models were used to describe the antibody titres in terms of the presence or absence of lesions, herd, year, lactation number, and yield. The presence or absence of lesions had the most significant effect for all three antibodies (P<0.001). Neither the herd effects nor the effects due to lactation number or yield showed consistent patterns.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:author
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
223-30
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:articleTitle
Some relationships between spirochaete infections and digital dermatitis in four UK dairy herds.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Veterinary Clinical Science and Animal Husbandry, University of Liverpool Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Leahurst, Neston, UK. r.d.murray@liverpool.ac.uk