Invited review: Effect, persistence, and virulence of coagulase-negative Staphylococcus species associated with ruminant udder health

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 97, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 5275-5293

  Vanderhaeghen, W ^a   Piepers, S ^a   Leroy, F ^b   Van Coillie, E ^c   Haesebrouck, F ^a   De Vliegher, S ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

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

Author keywords

Biofilm; Coagulase negative staphylococci (CNS); Effect; Intramammary infection; Persistence; Virulence

Indexed keywords

BOVIDAE; BOVINAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS CHROMOGENES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SIMULANS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS XYLOSUS;

COAGULASE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL; BIOFILM; BOVINE; BOVINE MASTITIS; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; PATHOGENICITY; PHENOTYPE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; UDDER; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; BIOFILMS; CATTLE; COAGULASE; FEMALE; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MILK; PHENOTYPE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84923317053     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2013-7775     Document Type: Review

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