Outbreak of mastitis caused by one strain of Staphylococcus aureus in a closed dairy herd

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 212, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 553-556

  Smith, Timothy H ^a,b   Fox, Lawrence K ^a   Middleton, John R ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Animal Hospital of Pittsorel   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; MICROBIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CATTLE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; MASTITIS, BOVINE; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; WASHINGTON;

EID: 0032519090     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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