Development of a highly sensitive and specific assay to detect Staphylococcus aureus in bovine mastitic milk

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 90, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 4661-4669

  Graber, H U ^a   Casey, M G ^b   Naskova, J ^a   Stelner, A ^a   Schaeren, W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b AGROSCOPE LIEBEFELD POSIEUX RESEARCH STATION ALP   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Mastitic; Milk; Real time quantitative polymerase chain reaction; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS; BOVINAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 35748983206     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2006-902     Document Type: Article

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