Histological and bacteriological evaluation of digital dermatitis in cattle, with special reference to spirochaetes and Campylobacter faecalis

Abstract

Tissue samples from the feet of slaughtered cattle exhibiting different stages of digital dermatitis were sectioned and stained with haematoxylin and eosin and silver staining techniques. Three morphological variations
of spirochaetes were observed, whereas control samples from feet which were marcroscopically negative for digital dermatitis were also negative for spirochaetes.

Full article published in Veterinary Record (1997) 140, 620-623