Effect of nonclinical Staphylococcus aureus or coagulase-negative staphylococci intramammary infection during the first month of lactation on somatic cell count and milk yield in heifers

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 93, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2989-2997

  Paradis, M È ^a   Bouchard, É ^a   Scholl, D T ^a   Miglior, F ^b,c   Roy, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^c CANADIAN DAIRY NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coagulase negative staphylococci; Heifer; Intramammary infection; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

COAGULASE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; BOVINE MASTITIS; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; LACTATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; UDDER;

ANIMALS; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTIONS; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; COAGULASE; FEMALE; LACTATION; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MILK; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANIMALIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 77953903452     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2009-2886     Document Type: Article

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