Diversity of Staphylococcus species and prevalence of enterotoxin genes isolated from milk of healthy cows and cows with subclinical mastitis

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 829-837

  Rall, V L M ^a   Miranda, E S ^a   Castilho, I G ^a   Camargo, C H ^a   Langoni, H ^a   Guimaraes F F ^a   Araujo Junior J P ^a   Fernandes Junior A ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Coagulase negative staphylococci; Enterotoxin; Mastitis; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SAPROPHYTICUS;

ENTEROTOXIN;

ANIMAL; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTIONS; BACTERIAL GENE; BOVINE; BRAZIL; CATTLE DISEASES; FEMALE; GENETICS; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; MASTITIS, BOVINE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; MILK; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTIONS; BRAZIL; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; ENTEROTOXINS; FEMALE; GENES, BACTERIAL; LATEX FIXATION TESTS; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MICROBIOTA; MILK; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 84892673536     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2013-7226     Document Type: Article

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