Identifying the major bacteria causing intramammary infections in individual milk samples of sheep and goats using traditional bacteria culturing and real-time polymerase chain reaction

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 97, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 5393-5400

  Rovai, M ^a   Caja, G ^a   Salama, A A K ^a,b   Jubert, A ^c   Lazaro B ^d   Lazaro M ^c   Leitner, G ^e  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation   (Egypt)

^c Laboratori Interprofessional Lleter de Catalunya (ALLIC)   (Spain)

^d Ibaizabal Bidea 800   (Spain)

^e KIMRON VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Mastitis prevalence; Real time polymerase chain reaction; Small ruminant; Subclinical mastitis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOVIDAE; CAPRA HIRCUS; OVIS ARIES;

ANIMAL; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTIONS; BACTERIAL COUNT; CELL COUNT; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GOAT; LACTATION; MASTITIS; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; PREVALENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHEEP; UDDER; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTIONS; CELL COUNT; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; GOATS; LACTATION; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MASTITIS; MILK; PREVALENCE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHEEP;

EID: 84923317484     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2014-7988     Document Type: Article

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