1. Isolation and identification of anaerobic bacteria from ovine foot rot in Spain.
- Author
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Piriz Duran S, Cuenca Valera R, Valle Manzano J, and Vadillo Machota S
- Subjects
- Animals, Culture Media, Sheep, Spain, Bacteria, Anaerobic isolation & purification, Foot Rot microbiology, Sheep Diseases microbiology
- Abstract
A microbiological study was made of 125 Merino sheep showing clinical signs of foot rot. A total of 435 strictly anaerobic strains were isolated, belonging to the following genera: Bacteroides, Peptostreptococcus, Tissierella, Fusobacterium, Megasphaera, Eubacterium, Acidaminococcus, Clostridium, Peptococcus and Propionibacterium. Of the 35 species obtained, the following were found in more than 10 per cent of animals sampled: Bacteroides nodosus, B putredinis, B buccae, B ruminicola subspecies brevis, Tissierella praeacuta, Peptostreptococcus anaerobius and Megasphaera elsdenii. Six culture media were used for isolation. Agar brucella and agar brucella enriched with G-N anaerobe supplement proved to be the most efficient for isolating anaerobic bacteria.
- Published
- 1990