Epidemiological study of non-contagious intramammary infections in nine commercial dairy herds following a Staphylococcus aureus control programme

Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series B: Infectious Diseases and Veterinary Public Health

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 333-336

  Zecconi, A ^a   Piccinini, R ^a   Fox, L K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DAIRYING; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; ITALY; MASTITIS, BOVINE; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 8844276799     PISSN: 09311793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0450.2004.00787.x     Document Type: Article

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