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Further samples of captive animals were available from Germany (n = 4), France (n = 1), and Poland (n = 1), and of free-living individuals from Germany (n = 4) and Poland (n = 11). Except for the Polish specimens, of which only one front foot per animal was available, all four feet were examined. Overall, 120 feet from 39 animals were available. Biopsies were taken according to a standardized protocol and investigated by histopathology, Treponema spp. fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) and full-length 16S rRNA gene sequencing. In addition, a transmission electron microscopy (TEM) examination was performed on tissues of randomly selected animals (n = 7). For the Swiss population, a DD prevalence of 94.4% (72.7\u201399.9%) was determined. Overall, 89\/120 (74.2%) feet presented with macroscopic lesions. Histopathologically, a perivascular and lymphoplasmacytic dermatitis was present in 86\/119 (72.3%) of the feet. In TEM, helically coiled bacteria were identified within the tissue of four animals, whose morphology confirmed them to belong to the order Spirochaetales. FISH was positive in 60\/116 (51.7%) samples. 16S rRNA gene sequencing revealed the presence of three Treponema phylotypes (PT1, PT12, and PT3), which were clearly distinct from previously reported Treponema spp. in cattle and other ruminant species. This study shows that DD associated with Treponema spp. is widespread in Swiss EB herds and in other European individuals. So far, the disease does not seem to have a significant clinical relevance for EB, as clinical signs, such as lameness were not evident.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1638\/2025-0057","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,3,30]],"date-time":"2026-03-30T07:45:49Z","timestamp":1774856749000},"page":"245-254","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["PREVALENCE OF DIGITAL DERMATITIS IN EUROPEAN BISON (BISON BONASUS) IN SWITZERLAND AND REFERENCE TO OTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRIES"],"prefix":"10.1638","volume":"57","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0006-0724-5264","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Stefan","family":"Hoby","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Simone","family":"Jucker","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Corinne","family":"Gurtner","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Nicole","family":"Wildi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sabine","family":"Brandt","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sabine","family":"Kaessmeyer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Tatiana","family":"Zingre","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Brian","family":"Gerber","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Adrian","family":"Steiner","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Martin","family":"Kilchenmann","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Michael","family":"R\u00fcttener","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Morgane","family":"Rey","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Johannes","family":"Riedl","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kaja","family":"Heising","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jennifer","family":"Lahoreau","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Daniel","family":"Klich","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Torsten","family":"Seuberlich","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Maher","family":"Alsaaod","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1213","reference":[{"key":"5","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","unstructured":"E Bolyen, JR Rideout, MR Dillon, et al.  \"Nat Biotechnol.\"  37, \"Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2.\" 852 (2019)","DOI":"10.1038\/s41587-019-0209-9"},{"key":"1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","unstructured":"L Ahl\u00e9n, IH Holm\u00f8y, A N\u00f8dtvedt, et al.  \"Acta Vet Scand.\"  64, \"A case\u2013control study regarding factors associated with digital dermatitis in Norwegian dairy herds.\" 19 (2022)","DOI":"10.1186\/s13028-022-00635-0"},{"key":"2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","unstructured":"M Alsaaod, RM Schmid, N Zwahlen, et al.  \"SAT.\"  164, \"First case description of contagious ovine digital dermatitis in Switzerland.\" 851 (2022)","DOI":"10.17236\/sat00378"},{"key":"3","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","unstructured":"M Alsaaod, J Weber, T Jensen, et al.  \"Front Vet Sci.\"  9, \"Non-healing claw horn lesions in dairy cows: Clinical, histopathological and molecular biological characterization of four cases.\" 1041215 (2022)","DOI":"10.3389\/fvets.2022.1041215"},{"key":"4","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","unstructured":"SL Berry, DH Read, TR Famula, et al.  \"The Veterinary Journal.\"  193, \"Long-term observations on the dynamics of bovine digital dermatitis lesions on a California dairy after topical treatment with lincomycin HCl.\" 654 (2012)","DOI":"10.1016\/j.tvjl.2012.06.048"},{"key":"7","unstructured":"R Cheli  and C Mortellaro  \"Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Diseases of Cattle.\"  \"La dermatite digitale del bovino. 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