Streptococcus agalactiae infection in dairy cows [1]

Veterinary Record

Volumn 154, Issue 21, 2004, Pages 671-672

  Hillerton, J E ^a   Leigh, J A ^a   Ward, P N ^a   Coffey, T J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AMNION FLUID; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CATTLE DISEASE; DAIRY CATTLE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD QUALITY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LETTER; MAMMARY GLAND; MASTITIS; MILK; NONHUMAN; PROFIT; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; VAGINA;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASTITIS, BOVINE; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; ZOONOSES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 2942682703     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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