Survival and replication of Mycoplasma species in recycled bedding sand and association with mastitis on dairy farms in Utah

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 192-202

  Justice Allen, A ^a   Trujillo, J ^a   Corbett, R ^b   Harding, R ^c   Goodell, G ^d   Wilson, D ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DVM   (United States)

^c Robert Harding   (United States)

^d The Dairy Authority   (United States)

Author keywords

Bovine; Environment; Mastitis; Mycoplasma

Indexed keywords

RAIN; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BED; BOVINE MASTITIS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; DISINFECTION; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BEDDING AND LINENS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; DISINFECTION; FEMALE; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; RAIN; SILICON DIOXIDE; TEMPERATURE; UTAH;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVINAE; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA BOVIS; MYCOPLASMATALES; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 77749334506     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2009-2474     Document Type: Article

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