Increased detection of mastitis pathogens by real-time PCR compared to bacterial culture

Veterinary Record

Volumn 173, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 268-

  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; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM; BOVINE MASTITIS; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TIME;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CATTLE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MILK; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84884614507     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.101598     Document Type: Article

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