Escherichia coli ruminant animals

Bacteria commonly isolated from primary skin infections in animals include Staphylococcus spp. (a large proportion of isolates show penicillinase activity), Streptococcus spp., Proteus spp. and Escherichia coli. Prolonged exposure to wet weather and muddy conditions under foot predispose horses and ruminant animals, respectively, to skin infection caused by Dermatophilus congolensis. Bacterial infections of the foot are generally caused by Fusohacterium necrophorum and Bacteroides spp. footrot in sheep is caused by Bacteroides (Dichelobacter) nodosus. 

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