Teat Lesions Predispose to Invasion of the Ovine Mammary Gland by Mannheimia haemolytica

Journal of Comparative Pathology

Volumn 137, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 239-244

  Fragkou, I A ^a   Papaioannou, N ^b   Cripps, P J ^c   Boscos, C M ^b   Fthenakis, G C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bacterial infection; Mannheimia haemolytica; mastitis; sheep; Staphylococcus spp.; teat lesions

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BREAST DUCT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; FEMALE; LAMB; MANNHEIMIA HAEMOLYTICA; MASTITIS; NIPPLE; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP DISEASE; SKIN INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; SUCKLING; TONSILLITIS;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MANNHEIMIA HAEMOLYTICA; MASTITIS; SHEEP; SKIN; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MANNHEIMIA HAEMOLYTICA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 35948993753     PISSN: 00219975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2007.08.002     Document Type: Article

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