Píriz S, Valle J, de la Fuente R, Angulo M J, Vadillo S
Unidad de Microbiología e Inmunología, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de Extremadura, Caceres, Spain.
Zentralbl Veterinarmed B. 1992 May;39(3):181-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1439-0450.1992.tb01156.x.
A microbiological study was made of an outbreak of foot-rot in lambs. Elastolytic activity was detected in all 10 Bacteroides nodosus strains isolated from the hooves of 9 affected animals. Among 14 other isolated strictly anaerobic microorganisms belonging to different species or genera only 4 strains showed a low degree of elastolysis. The 14 antimicrobial agents studied effectively inhibited "in vitro" growth of B. nodosus.