Prevalence and herd-level risk factors for intramammary infection with coagulase-negative staphylococci in Dutch dairy herds

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 134, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 37-44

  Sampimon, O C ^a   Barkema, H W ^b   Berends, I M G A ^a   Sol, J ^a   Lam, T J G M ^a,c  

^a GD ANIMAL HEALTH   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c Dutch Udder Health Centre   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bovine; Coagulase negative staphylococci; Mastitis; Prevalence; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; TAP WATER;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CELL COUNT; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; COW; EDEMA; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HEIFER; HERD; HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; LACTATION; MASTITIS; MILK; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; PASTURE; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN INTAKE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOMATIC CELL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; UDDER;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; COAGULASE; FEMALE; MASTITIS, BOVINE; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

BOVINAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS CAPITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS CHROMOGENES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HYICUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS XYLOSUS;

EID: 58149492778     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2008.09.010     Document Type: Article

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