Evaluation of minor pathogen intramammary infection, susceptibility parameters, and somatic cell counts on the development of new intramammary infections with major mastitis pathogens

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 95, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 3766-3780

  Reyher, K K ^a,b   Dohoo, I R ^a,b   Scholl, D T ^a,c   Keefe, G P ^a,b  

^a Canadian Bovine Mastitis Research Network   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

^c SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Major pathogens; Minor pathogens; Protective effect; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BOVINE MASTITIS; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM INFECTION; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; FEMALE; KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA INFECTION; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; PATHOGENICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MILK; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 84862513590     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2011-5148     Document Type: Article

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