Annual incidence, prevalence and transmission characteristics of Streptococcus agalactiae in Danish dairy herds

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 106, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 244-250

  Mweu, Marshal M ^a   Nielsen, Søren S ^a   Halasa, Tariq ^b   Toft, Nils ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cattle; Incidence; Parameters; Prevalence; Streptococcus agalactiae; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BOVINE MASTITIS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DENMARK; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; PREVALENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DENMARK; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MILK; PREVALENCE; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

BOS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 84865438033     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2012.04.002     Document Type: Article

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