Relationship between S. aureus gene pattern and dairy herd mastitis prevalence

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 145, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 100-105

  Piccinini, Renata ^a   Borromeo, Vitaliano ^a   Zecconi, Alfonso ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Inflammation; Mastitis; Microarray; S. aureus; Virulence genes

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL TOXIN; ENTEROTOXIN X; HEMOLYSIN; LEUKOCIDIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BOVINE MASTITIS; COW; DNA MICROARRAY; FEMALE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HERD; NONHUMAN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROTOXINS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; MASTITIS, BOVINE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 77956226188     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2010.03.005     Document Type: Article

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