Bacterial species associated with interdigital phlegmon outbreaks in Finnish dairy herds

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Table 3 Combinations of bacterial species detected by PCR in various disease categories in interdigital phlegmon outbreaks in Finnish dairy herds

Bacterial combination	Control	Acute IP	Healing IP
n	59	36	33
No detected bacteria	26	2
P. melaninogenica			1
P. levii	3
Treponema ^a			1
T. pyogenes	1	1
D. nodosus	16		2
D. nodosus, P. melaninogenica	1
D. nodosus, Treponema	9	2
D. nodosus, Treponema, P. levii		1
D. nodosus, Treponema, T. pyogenes			1
F. necrophorum		1	3
F. necrophorum, P. melaninogenica			1
F. necrophorum, P. levii	1		2
F. necrophorum, Treponema		1	1
F. necrophorum, T. pyogenes		4	6
F. necrophorum, T. pyogenes, P. melaninogenica			2
F. necrophorum, T. pyogenes, P. levii			3
F. necrophorum, T. pyogenes, P. levii, P. melaninogenica			1
F. necrophorum, T. pyogenes, Treponema			1
F. necrophorum, D. nodosus	1	7	2
F. necrophorum, D. nodosus, P. melaninogenica			1
F. necrophorum, D. nodosus, P. levii		4
F. necrophorum, D. nodosus, P. levii, P. melaninogenica		1
F. necrophorum, D. nodosus, Treponema		4
F. necrophorum, D. nodosus, P. melaninogenica, Treponema	1	1
F. necrophorum, D. nodosus, T. pyogenes		2	2
F. necrophorum, D. nodosus, T. pyogenes, P. melaninogenica			1
F. necrophorum, D. nodosus, T. pyogenes, P. levii		1	1
F. necrophorum, D. nodosus, T. pyogenes, P. levii, P. melaninogenica		1
F. necrophorum, D. nodosus, T. pyogenes, Treponema		2	1
F. necrophorum, D. nodosus, T. pyogenes, P. levii, Treponema		1

^aTreponema includes Treponema group 2 and 3
Various disease categories are control cows, interdigital phlegmon (IP) in an acute stage (Acute IP), and IP during a healing process (Healing IP). Total number of control and IP hoof samples is 128

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