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Outbreak of subclinical mastitis in a flock of dairy goats associated with atypical Staphylococcus haemolyticus.
The Journal of dairy research - 1 Feb 2009
Leitner Gabriel, Sela Shlom, Hammer-Muntz Orly, Zivotofsky Doni, Weisblit Limor, Chaffer Marcelo, Zamir Shmuel
Abstract excerpt
Staphylococcus haemolyticus is a pathogen frequently isolated from dairy cows and small ruminants. However, it always appears in only a few animals and not as a major pathogen. Recently, in a dairy goat herd of approximately 250 milking animals, 25.6% (46/180 goats) had milk cultures with atypical highly mucoid colonies accompanied by elevated somatic cell counts. The isolates were identified as Staph....
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