Bovine subclinical intramammary infection caused by coagulase-negative staphylococci increases somatic cell count but has no effect on milk yield or composition

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 3071-3078

  Tomazi, T ^a   Goncalves J L ^a   Barreiro, J R ^a   Arcari, M A ^a   dos Santos, M V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Coagulase negative staphylococci; Milk yield and composition; Minor pathogen; Subclinical mastitis

Indexed keywords

BOVINAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS CHROMOGENES;

COAGULASE; LACTOSE;

ANIMAL; BOVINE; BOVINE MASTITIS; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; COAGULASE; FEMALE; LACTOSE; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MILK; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 84928065888     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2014-8466     Document Type: Article

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