Identification, typing, ecology and epidemiology of coagulase negative staphylococci associated with ruminants

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 203, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 44-51

  Vanderhaeghen, Wannes ^a,d   Piepers, Sofie ^a   Leroy, Frédéric ^b   Van Coillie, Els ^c   Haesebrouck, Freddy ^a   De Vliegher, Sarne ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL AND FISHERIES RESEARCH ILVO   (Belgium)

^d Centre of Expertise on Antimicrobial Consumption and Resistance in Animals (AMCRA vzw)   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Coagulase negative Staphylococcus spp; Dairy cattle; Intramammary infections; Ruminants; Subclinical mastitis

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S; DNA 23S; RNA 16S;

16S RRNA GENE; ACCURACY; ADAPTED SPECIES; AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BOVIDS; BOVINAE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CPN60 GENE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; GAP GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC SIMILARITY; GENOTYPE; GOAT; GROEL GENE; HABITAT SELECTION; HSP60 GENE; INCIDENCE; INTRAMAMMARY INFECTION; MASTITIS; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MILK; MOLECULAR ECOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; OPPORTUNISTIC PATHOGEN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; REVIEW; RNA SEQUENCE; RPOB GENE; SHEEP; SODA GENE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS CHROMOGENES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SIMULANS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS XYLOSUS; TUF GENE; VERSATILE SPECIES; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; RUMINANT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; VETERINARY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS; BOVINAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS CHROMOGENES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SIMULANS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS XYLOSUS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MASTITIS; RUMINANTS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 84921661375     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: 15322971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2014.11.001     Document Type: Review

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