The effect of recurrent episodes of clinical mastitis caused by gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria and other organisms on mortality and culling in Holstein dairy cows

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 94, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 4863-4877

  Hertl, J A ^a   Schukken, Y H ^a   Bar, D ^b   Bennett, G J ^a   Gonzalez R N ^a   Rauch, B J ^a   Welcome, F L ^a   Tauer, L W ^c   Grohn Y T ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b SCR Engineers Ltd   (Israel)

^c Program on Infrastructure Policy   (United States)

Author keywords

Culling; Gram negative; Gram positive; Recurrent mastitis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BOVINE MASTITIS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE INFECTION; LACTATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; LACTATION; MASTITIS, BOVINE; NEW YORK; RISK FACTORS;

ARCANOBACTERIUM PYOGENES; CITROBACTER; CORYNEBACTERIUM BOVIS; ENTEROBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA; MYCOPLASMA; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 80053293827     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2010-4000     Document Type: Article

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