Heifers infected with coagulase-negative staphylococci in early lactation have fewer cases of clinical mastitis and higher milk production in their first lactation than noninfected heifers

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 2014-2024

  Piepers, S ^a   Opsomer, G ^a   Barkema, H W ^a,b   de Kruif, A ^a   De Vliegher, S ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coagulase negative staphylococci; Early lactation; Heifer; Intramammary infection

Indexed keywords

COAGULASE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BOVINE MASTITIS; CATTLE; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LACTATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SECRETION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; BOVINAE; SECRETION (PROCESS); VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; COAGULASE; FEMALE; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; LACTATION; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MILK; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE;

ANIMALIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 77952020424     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2009-2897     Document Type: Article

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