An atypical Staphylococcus aureus intramammary infection in a dairy herd

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 271-275

  Laevens, H ^a   Devriese, L A ^a   Deluyker, H ^a   Hommez, J ^b   De Kruif, A ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Regl Vet Investigation Centre   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cattle bacteria; Clumping factor; Coagulase; Deoxyribonuclease; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BREAST DISEASE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INFECTION RATE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CATTLE; COAGULASE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; FEMALE; HEMOLYSIS; INCIDENCE; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MILK; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; STAPHYLOCOCCI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0030272196     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1135(96)00077-6     Document Type: Article

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