Diversity of Streptococcus agalactiae and Staphylococcus aureus ribotypes recovered from New York dairy herds

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 482-487

  Rivas, Ariel L ^a   González, Rubén N ^a   Wiedmann, Martin ^b   Bruce, James L ^c   Cole, Eileen M ^c   Bennett, Gary J ^a   Schulte III, Hal F ^a   Wilson, David J ^a   Mohammed, Hussni O ^a   Batt, Carl A ^b  

^a Center for Comparative Medicine and Translational Research

^b Northeast Regional Center for Excellence in Vector Borne Diseases   (United States)

^c Qualicon   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; RIBOSOME DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; REFERENCE VALUE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; UDDER; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MILK; NEW YORK; PENICILLINS; REFERENCE VALUES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0031132649     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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