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Molecular typing of Staphylococcus aureus of bovine origin by polymorphisms of the coagulase gene.
Veterinary microbiology - 1 May 1999
Raimundo O, Deighton M, Capstick J, Gerraty N
Abstract excerpt
Mastitis caused by Staphylococcus aureus is a disease of major economic importance to the dairy industry. Transmission occurs during milking, with chronically-infected cows acting as the major reservoirs of infection. PCR-coagulase gene typing of 151 S. aureus isolates from seven farms generated only six PCR types, with 110 (73%) isolates assigned to PCR type 1 and 23 (15.2%) isolates assigned to type 2. PCR type...
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