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Table 4 Identification of four Treponema species (N = 142) according to lesion grade by culture and species-specific PCR

From: Associations between digital dermatitis lesion grades in dairy cattle and the quantities of four Treponema species

Lesion grade

No. samples with species present (%)

Total

T. phagedenis

T. medium

T. pedis

T. denticola

No spp.

M0

3 (9.7)

1 (3.2)

2 (6.5)

2 (6.5)

23 (74.2)

31 (100)

M1

15 (93.8)

14 (87.5)

11 (68.8)

4 (25)

0 (0)

16 (100)

M2

40 (100)

35 (87.5)

32 (80)

24 (60)

0 (0)

40 (100)

M3

0 (0)

0 (0)

2 (15.4)

13 (100)

2 (15.4)

13 (100)

M4

13 (86.7)

10 (66.7)

11 (73.3)

4 (26.7)

0 (0)

15 (100)

M4.1

35 (94.6)

26 (70.3)

24 (64.9)

10 (27)

0 (0)

37 (100)

Total

106 (69.7)

86 (56.6)

82 (53.9)

55 (36.2)

25 (16.4)

152 (100)