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First outbreak of bovine mastitis caused by Prototheca blaschkeae.
Veterinary microbiology - 23 Mar 2013
Ricchi M, De Cicco C, Buzzini P, Cammi G, Arrigoni N, Cammi M, Garbarino C
Abstract excerpt
The most important animal disease caused by yeast-like algae belonging to the genus Prototheca is bovine mastitis. Although the infection can be caused by both Prototheca zopfii genotype 2 and Prototheca blaschkeae, the bulk of prevalence of bovine protothecal mastitis has been so far attributed to the former, being P. blaschkeae only sporadically isolated. However, we report here the first outbreak of bovine...
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