Transmission of Mannheimia haemolytica from the tonsils of lambs to the teat of ewes during sucking

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 66-74

  Fragkou, I A ^a   Gougoulis, D A ^a   Billinis, C ^a   Mavrogianni, V S ^a   Bushnell, M J ^b   Cripps, P J ^c   Tzora, A ^d   Fthenakis, G C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d Epirus Institute of Technology Arta   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bacterial transmission; Mannheimia haemolytica; Mastitis; Sheep; Teat

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOTIDE; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EWE; FEMALE; INFECTION RISK; INOCULATION; LACTATION; LAMB; MAMMARY GLAND; MANNHEIMIA HAEMOLYTICA; MASTITIS; MILK; NIPPLE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PNEUMONIC PASTEURELLOSIS; RNA SEQUENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUCKING; SUCKLING; THROAT CULTURE; TONSIL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MANNHEIMIA HAEMOLYTICA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 79551682777     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2010.08.008     Document Type: Article

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