The dynamics of Staphylococcus aureus intramammary infection in nine Danish dairy herds

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 89-101

  Larsen, H D ^a   Sloth, K H ^b   Elsberg, C ^c   Enevoldsen, C ^d   Pedersen, L H ^e   Eriksen, N H R ^c   Aarestrup, F M ^a   Jensen, N E ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^c STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^d DK 7600   (Denmark)

^e Cattle Health Laboratory   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cattle bacteria; Mastitis; Phage typing; Ribotyping; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CATTLE DISEASE; HUMAN; HYGIENE; MASTITIS; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; RIBOTYPING; SKIN DEFECT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; ANIMALS; CARRIER STATE; CATTLE; DAIRYING; DENMARK; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASTITIS, BOVINE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0033988817     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1135(99)00161-3     Document Type: Article

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