The role of teat skin contamination in the epidemiology of staphylococcus aureus intramammary infections

Journal of Dairy Research

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 36-41

  Piccinini, Renata ^a   Cesaris, Lorenza ^a   Daprà, Valentina ^a   Borromeo, Vitaliano ^a   Picozzi, Claudia ^a   Secchi, Camillo ^a   Zecconi, Alfonso ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Intramammary infections; Molecular epidemiology; PFGE; Staphylococcus aureus; Teat skin

Indexed keywords

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; GENETICS; ITALY; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; PHYSIOLOGY; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SKIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; UDDER;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; ITALY; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MILK; SKIN; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 61849121875     PISSN: 00220299     EISSN: 14697629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022029908003671     Document Type: Article

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