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Lesion Material From -Associated Hoof Disease of Wild Elk Induces Disease Pathology in the Sheep Digital Dermatitis Model. | LitMetric

Lesion Material From -Associated Hoof Disease of Wild Elk Induces Disease Pathology in the Sheep Digital Dermatitis Model.

Front Vet Sci

Infectious Bacterial Diseases of Livestock Research Unit, National Animal Disease Center, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Ames, IA, United States.

Published: January 2022

AI Article Synopsis

  • A hoof disease affecting wild elk in the western U.S. has been spreading since 2008, causing severe hoof damage and potential death due to infections and malnutrition.
  • Dubbed treponeme-associated hoof disease, it shows similarities to digital dermatitis in cattle, with various anaerobic bacteria involved in the lesions.
  • A study using elk lesion material inoculated into sheep indicated a transmissible infectious component, as most sheep developed similar hoof lesions with spirochetes present within four weeks.

Article Abstract

A hoof disease among wild elk () in the western United States has been reported since 2008. Now present in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and California, this hoof disease continues to spread among elk herds suggesting an infectious etiology. Causing severe lesions at the hoof-skin junction, lesions can penetrate the hoof-horn structure causing severe lameness, misshapen hooves, and in some cases, sloughed hooves leaving the elk prone to infection, malnutrition, and premature death. Isolated to the feet, this disease has been termed treponeme-associated hoof disease due to the numerous spp. found within lesions. In addition to the spp., treponeme-associated hoof disease shares many similarities with digital dermatitis of cattle and livestock including association with several groups of anaerobic bacteria such as Bacteroides, Clostridia, and Fusobacterium, neutrophilic inflammatory infiltrate, and restriction of the disease to the foot and hoof tissues. To determine if there was a transmissible infectious component to this disease syndrome, elk lesion homogenate was used in a sheep model of digital dermatitis. Ten animals were inoculated with lesion material and lesion development was followed over 7 weeks. Most inoculated feet developed moderate to severe lesions at 2- or 4-weeks post-inoculation timepoints, with 16 of 18 feet at 4 weeks also had spirochetes associated within the lesions. Histopathology demonstrated spirochetes at the invading edge of the lesions along with other hallmarks of elk hoof disease, neutrophilic inflammatory infiltrates, and keratinocyte erosion. -specific PCR demonstrated three phylotypes associated with elk hoof disease and digital dermatitis were present. Serum of infected sheep had increased anti- IgG when compared to negative control sheep and pre-exposure samples. Analysis of the bacterial microbiome by sequencing of the bacterial 16S rRNA gene showed a community structure in sheep lesions that was highly similar to the elk lesion homogenate used as inoculum. Bacteroidies, Fusobacterium, and Clostridia were among the bacterial taxa overrepresented in infected samples as compared to negative control samples. In conclusion, there is a highly transmissible, infectious bacterial component to elk treponeme-associated hoof disease which includes several species of as well as other bacteria previously associated with digital dermatitis.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8790030PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2021.782149DOI Listing

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