Epidemiological investigation of Streptococcus equisubspecies zooepidemicus involved in clinical mastitis in dairy goats

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 943-951

  Pisoni, G ^a   Zadoks, R N ^b,d   Vimercati, C ^a   Locatelli, C ^a   Zanoni, M G ^c   Moroni, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA LOMBARDIA E DELL EMILIA ROMAGNA   (Italy)

^d MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Goat; Horse; Mastitis; Streptococcus equi ssp. Zooepidemicus

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CAPRA; CAPRA HIRCUS; EQUIDAE; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI;

RNA 16S; RNA 23S;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DAIRYING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FECES; FEMALE; GENETICS; GOAT; GOAT DISEASE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; ITALY; MASTITIS; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DAIRYING; FECES; FEMALE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; ITALY; MASTITIS; MILK; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI;

EID: 61449179229     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2008-1548     Document Type: Article

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