Quality of bulk tank milk samples from Danish dairy herds based on real-time polymerase chain reaction identification of mastitis pathogens

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 95, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 5702-5708

  Katholm, J ^a   Bennedsgaard, T W ^b   Koskinen, M T ^c   Rattenborg, E ^a  

^a Knowledge Center for Agriculture   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c Thermo Fisher Scientific Oy   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bulk tank milk; Milk quality; Real time polymerase chain reaction; Streptococcus agalactiae

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BOVINE MASTITIS; CATTLE; DENMARK; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; FEMALE; KLEBSIELLA INFECTION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STANDARD; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DENMARK; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MILK; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS DYSGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS UBERIS;

EID: 84867100932     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2011-5307     Document Type: Article

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