Recovery of Staphylococcus aureus from Centrifuged Quarter Milk Samples

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 80, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 3058-3063

  Zecconi, A ^a   Piccinini, R ^a   Zepponi, A ^a   Ruffo, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Centrifugation; Mastitis diagnosis; Quarter milk samples; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CENTRIFUGATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CENTRIFUGATION; FEMALE; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MILK; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0031263702     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(97)76273-8     Document Type: Article

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