Genotype-specific risk factors for Staphylococcus aureus in Swiss dairy herds with an elevated yield-corrected herd somatic cell count

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 97, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 4886-4896

  Berchtold, B ^a   Bodmer, M ^a   van den Borne, B H P ^a   Reist, M ^a   Graber, H U ^b   Steiner, A ^a   Boss, R ^b   Wohlfender, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b AGROSCOPE LIEBEFELD POSIEUX RESEARCH STATION ALP   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bulk milk; Risk factor; Staphylococcus aureus genotype B (GTB); Switzerland

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BOVINE; BOVINE MASTITIS; CELL COUNT; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LACTATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; PREVALENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWITZERLAND; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; LACTATION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MILK; PREVALENCE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84904427880     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2013-7760     Document Type: Article

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