Hot topic: Bovine milk samples yielding negative or nonspecific results in bacterial culturing-The possible role of PCR-single strand conformation polymorphism in mastitis diagnosis

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 98-101

  Schwaiger, K ^a   Wimmer, M ^a   Huber Schlenstedt, R ^b   Fehlings, K ^b   Holzel C S ^a   Bauer, J ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Bavarian Animal Health Service (TGD)   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bovine mastitis; Helcococcus ovis; Mycoplasma; PCR single strand conformation polymorphism

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BOVINE MASTITIS; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; GENETICS; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; MYCOPLASMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CATTLE; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MILK; MYCOPLASMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL;

EID: 84055192807     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2011-4700     Document Type: Article

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