The laboratory culture of Dichelobacter nodosus in a footrot eradication program |
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| Authors: | DR PITMAN MA PALMER LJ DEPIAZZI† |
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| Institution: | *Department of Agriculture, 120 Albany Highway, Albany, Western Australia 6330;?Department of Agriculture, North Boyanup Road, Bunbury, Western Australia 6230 |
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| Abstract: | SUMMARY As part of a program to eradicate virulent footrot from Western Australia, 2745 isolates of Dichelobacter nodosus were isolated from 5263 specimens from 1883 submissions. The virulence of each isolate was assessed using protease thermostability and isoenzyme zymogram. We describe changes to the materials and methods required to handle these specimens and to reduce the interval between submission and report to 8 days. |
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