Trends in udder health and emerging mastitogenic pathogens in South African dairy herds

Journal of the South African Veterinary Association

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 17-22

  Petzer, I M ^a   Karzis, J ^a   Watermeyer, J C ^a   Van Der Schans, T J ^a   Van Reenen, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Emerging pathogens; Mastitis prevalence; Reverse zoonosis; South African dairy herds; Udder health

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HEALTH; ARTICLE; BACTERIOLOGY; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CATTLE DISEASE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CYTOLOGY; DAIRY CATTLE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS CANIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; EPIDEMIC; HERD; LACTATION; MILK; MILK PRODUCTION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; SOUTH AFRICA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; UDDER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS CANIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS UBERIS;

EID: 67650474125     PISSN: 10199128     EISSN: 22249435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/jsava.v80i1.163     Document Type: Article

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