Effects of bovine subclinical mastitis caused by Corynebacterium spp. on somatic cell count, milk yield and composition by comparing contralateral quarters

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 209, Issue , 2016, Pages 87-92

  Gonçalves, Juliano Leonel ^a   Tomazi, Tiago ^a   Barreiro, Juliana Regina ^a   Beuron, Daniele Cristine ^a   Arcari, Marcos André ^a   Lee, Sarah Hwa In ^a   Martins, Cristian Marlon de Magalhães Rodrigues ^a   Araújo Junior, João Pessoa ^b   Santos, Marcos Veiga dos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Corynebacterium spp; Milk composition; Milk yield; Minor pathogens; Somatic cell count; Subclinical mastitis

Indexed keywords

CASEIN; LACTOSE; RNA 16S; BACTERIAL DNA;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BOVINE MASTITIS; BREAST; CELL COUNT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM BOVIS; DAIRY CATTLE; FAT CONTENT; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; MILK; MILK COMPOSITION; MILK YIELD; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN CONTENT; SOMATIC CELL; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; ANIMAL; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; BOVINE; CORYNEBACTERIUM INFECTION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION (PROCESS); UDDER; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTIONS; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MILK; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84959095086     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: 15322971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2015.08.009     Document Type: Article

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