Strain differentiation of isolates of streptococci from bovine mastitis by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis

Molecular and Cellular Probes

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 349-354

  Baseggio, Nina ^a   Mansell, Peter D ^a   Browning, Jeff W ^b   Browning, Glenn F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Centaur International Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Strain typing; Streptococcus agalactiae; Streptococcus dysgalactiae subspecies dysgalactiae; Streptococcus uberis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATTLE DISEASE; MASTITIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS DYSGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS DYSGALACTIAE SUBSP. DYSGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS UBERIS;

EID: 0031259620     PISSN: 08908508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mcpr.1997.0126     Document Type: Article

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