Short communication: Prevalence of methicillin resistance in coagulase-negative staphylococci and Staphylococcus aureus isolated from bulk milk on organic and conventional dairy farms in the United States

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 2959-2964

  Cicconi Hogan, K M ^a,d   Belomestnykh, N ^a   Gamroth, M ^b   Ruegg, P L ^c   Tikofsky, L ^a,e   Schukken, Y H ^a  

^a Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences Cornell Veterinary Medicine Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^e BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM VETMEDICA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Dairy; Methicillin resistance; Organic; Staphylococcus

Indexed keywords

MACROCOCCUS CASEOLYTICUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS CHROMOGENES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SAPROPHYTICUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SCIURI;

COAGULASE;

ANIMAL; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; NEW YORK; OREGON; ORGANIC FARMING; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; VETERINARY; WISCONSIN;

ANIMALS; COAGULASE; GENOTYPE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MILK; NEW YORK; OREGON; ORGANIC AGRICULTURE; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; WISCONSIN;

EID: 84899080697     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2013-7523     Document Type: Article

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