Bovine necrotic vulvovaginitis associated with Porphyromonas levii.(Dispatches)

From: Emerging Infectious Diseases | Date: March 1, 2004| Author: Alpert, Nir; Avramson, Miriam; Bernstein, Michael; Elad, Daniel; Friedgut, Orly; Grinberg, Kalia; Lahav, Dan; Stram, Yehuda; Tiomkin, Doron | Copyright information

An outbreak of bovine necrotic vulvovaginitis associated with Porphyromonas levii, an emerging animal and human pathogen, affected 32 cows on a dairy farm in the northeast of Israel. Five animals had to be culled. This report appears to be the first that associates P. levii with bovine necrotic vulvovagnitis.

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Porphyromonas levii is an emerging pathogen of human and veterinary importance. P. levii-like microorganisms were isolated from various human...

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