Bovine mastitis: The diagnostic properties of a PCR-based assay to monitor the Staphylococcus aureus genotype B status of a herd, using bulk tank milk

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 95, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 3674-3682

  Syring, C ^a   Boss, R ^b   Reist, M ^a   Bodmer, M ^a   Hummerjohann, J ^b   Gehrig, P ^c   Graber, H U ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b AGROSCOPE LIEBEFELD POSIEUX RESEARCH STATION ALP   (Switzerland)

^c Suisselab AG Zollikofen   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bulk tank milk; Mastitis; Polymerase chain reaction; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MICROCOCCAL NUCLEASE; NUC PROTEIN, STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BOVINE MASTITIS; CATTLE; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATTLE; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MICROCOCCAL NUCLEASE; MILK; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84862573318     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2011-4968     Document Type: Article

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