A longitudinal study investigating the prevalence of Staphylococcus aureus genotype B in seasonally communal dairy herds

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 97, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 4184-4192

  Voelk, V ^a   Graber, H U ^b   Van den Borne, B H P ^a   Sartori, C ^c   Steiner, A ^a   Bodmer, M ^a   Haerdi Landerer, M C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b AGROSCOPE LIEBEFELD POSIEUX RESEARCH STATION ALP   (Switzerland)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biosecurity; Communal herd; Epidemiology; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BOVINE; CATTLE DISEASES; DISEASE CARRIER; DOG; DOG DISEASES; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MICROBIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASON; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SWITZERLAND; VETERINARY; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PREVALENCE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SWITZERLAND; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84902688519     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2013-7291     Document Type: Article

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