Prevalence study of Staphylococcus aureus in quarter milk samples of dairy cows in the Canton of Bern, Switzerland

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 72-76

  Moret Stalder, S ^a   Fournier, C ^a   Miserez, R ^b   Albini, S ^b   Doherr, M G ^c   Reist, M ^d   Schaeren, W ^e   Kirchhofer, M ^a   Graber, H U ^a   Steiner, A ^a   Kaufmann, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Institute of Veterinary Bacteriology   (Switzerland)

^c VETSUISSE FACULTY UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d SWISS FEDERAL VETERINARY OFFICE   (Switzerland)

^e Agroscope Liebefeld Posieux ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Mastitis; Prevalence; Risk factors; S. aureus; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CELL COUNT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWITZERLAND;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CELL COUNT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MILK; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SWITZERLAND;

BOS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 56949089072     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2008.06.020     Document Type: Article

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