Update on control of staphylococcus aureus and streptococcus agalactiae for management of mastitis

Veterinary Clinics of North America - Food Animal Practice

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 203-216

  Keefe, Greg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biosecurity; Bovine; Control; Mastitis; Staphylococcus aureus; Streptococcus agalactiae

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BOVINE MASTITIS; BUILDING; CATTLE; DAIRYING; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; HYGIENE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; PATHOGENICITY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FEMALE; FLOORS AND FLOORCOVERINGS; HYGIENE; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MILK; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

BOVINAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 84861774305     PISSN: 07490720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cvfa.2012.03.010     Document Type: Review

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