Streptococcus agalactiae in the environment of bovine dairy herds - rewriting the textbooks?

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 184, Issue , 2016, Pages 64-72

  Jorgensen H J ^a   Nordstoga, A B ^a   Sviland, S ^a   Zadoks, R N ^b,c   Solverod L ^d   Kvitle, B ^a   Mork T ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d TINE SA   (Norway)

Author keywords

Automatic milking system; Contagious mastitis; Cow; Faecal shedding; Free stall; Milk; MLST; Oro faecal transmission; Vaginal carriage

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BOVINE MASTITIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAIRY CATTLE; DISEASE CARRIER; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENERAL DEVICE; GROUP B STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; HEIFER; INTESTINE FLORA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MILK; MILKING MACHINE; MOUTH; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; BOVINE; CATTLE DISEASES; DAIRYING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NORWAY; PHYSIOLOGY; RECTUM; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TRANSMISSION; VAGINA; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DAIRYING; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MILK; NORWAY; RECTUM; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; VAGINA;

EID: 84957622266     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2015.12.014     Document Type: Article

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