The bacterial flora in the teat duct of ewes can protect against and can cause mastitis

Veterinary Research

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 525-545

  Fragkou, Ilectra A ^a   Mavrogianni, Vasia S ^a   Cripps, Peter J ^b   Gougoulis, Dimitris A ^a   Fthenakis, George C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacterial flora; Mastitis; Predisposing factor; Sheep; Teat

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM EXAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BREAST; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; EWE; FEMALE; MANNHEIMIA HAEMOLYTICA; MASTITIS; NIPPLE; NONHUMAN; PROTECTION; SCORING SYSTEM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SIMULANS;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MANNHEIMIA HAEMOLYTICA; MASTITIS; PASTEURELLACEAE INFECTIONS; SHEEP DISEASES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MANNHEIMIA HAEMOLYTICA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SIMULANS;

EID: 34548017211     PISSN: 09284249     EISSN: 12979716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/vetres:2007014     Document Type: Article

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