Sources of Klebsiella and Raoultella species on dairy farms: Be careful where you walk

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 1045-1051

  Zadoks, R N ^a,c   Griffiths, H M ^a   Munoz, M A ^a,d   Ahlstrom, C ^a,e   Bennett, G J ^a   Thomas, E ^b,f   Schukken, Y H ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b William H Miner Agricultural Research Institute   (United States)

^c MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^e Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^f NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bedding; Environment; Hygiene; Klebsiella

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BED; BOVINE MASTITIS; CATTLE; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FECES; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KLEBSIELLA; MICROBIOLOGY; RUMINANT STOMACH; UNITED STATES;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BEDDING AND LINENS; CATTLE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FECES; FEMALE; KLEBSIELLA; MASTITIS, BOVINE; NEW YORK; RUMEN; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; KLEBSIELLA VARIICOLA; RAOULTELLA; RAOULTELLA PLANTICOLA;

EID: 78751684579     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2010-3603     Document Type: Article

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