Risk of Mycoplasma bovis transmission from contaminated sand bedding to naive dairy calves

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1318-1324

  Wilson, D J ^a   Justice Allen, A ^b   Goodell, G ^c   Baldwin, T J ^a   Skirpstunas, R T ^a   Cavender, K B ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^c The Dairy Authority   (United States)

Author keywords

Bedding; Dairy cattle; Environment; Mycoplasma

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CANAL; BED; BLOOD; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOPLASMA BOVIS; MYCOPLASMOSIS; NOSE CAVITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BEDDING AND LINENS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; EAR CANAL; MALE; MYCOPLASMA BOVIS; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; NASAL CAVITY; RISK; SILICON DIOXIDE;

BOS; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA BOVIS;

EID: 79951692211     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2010-3692     Document Type: Article

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