Real-time polymerase chain reaction-based identification of bacteria in milk samples from bovine clinical mastitis with no growth in conventional culturing

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2610-2617

  Taponen, S ^a   Salmikivi, L ^b   Simojoki, H ^a   Koskinen, M T ^b   Pyorala S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Finnzymes Oy   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bacterial culture; Mastitis; No growth; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ARCANOBACTERIUM PYOGENES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS; BOVINAE; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM BOVIS; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS DYSGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS UBERIS;

EID: 67649199409     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2008-1729     Document Type: Article

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