Manageable risk factors associated with the lactational incidence, elimination, and prevalence of Staphylococcus aureus intramammary infections in dairy cows

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1283-1300

  Dufour, S ^a,b   Dohoo, I R ^a,c   Barkema, H W ^a,d   DesCoteaux L ^a,b   DeVries, T J ^a,e   Reyher, K K ^a,c   Roy, J P ^a,b   Scholl, D T ^a,b,f  

^a Canadian Bovine Mastitis Research Network   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^f SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dairy cow; Incidence; Mastitis; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BOVINE MASTITIS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; METHODOLOGY; PARITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; MASTITIS, BOVINE; PARITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 84857324567     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2011-4711     Document Type: Article

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