Incidence and transmission of Mycoplasma bovis mastitis in Holstein dairy cows in a hospital pen: A case study

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 74-78

  Punyapornwithaya, V ^a   Fox, L K ^a   Hancock, D D ^a   Gay, J M ^a   Wenz, J R ^a   Alldredge, J R ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hospital pen; Mycoplasma mastitis; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BOVINE MASTITIS; CATTLE; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MYCOPLASMA BOVIS; MYCOPLASMOSIS; STATISTICS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, ANIMAL; INCIDENCE; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MYCOPLASMA BOVIS; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS;

BOS; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA BOVIS; MYCOPLASMA SP.;

EID: 78650308730     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2010.10.015     Document Type: Article

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