Pathogen profile of clinical mastitis in Irish milk-recording herds reveals a complex aetiology

Veterinary Record

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 17-

  Keane, O M ^a   Budd, K E ^a   Flynn, J ^a   McCoy, F ^a  

^a ANIMAL AND GRASSLAND RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BOVINE MASTITIS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; IRELAND; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; PATHOGENICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; IRELAND; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MILK; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 84880111634     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.101308     Document Type: Article

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