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A longitudinal study investigating the prevalence of Staphylococcus aureus genotype B in seasonally communal dairy herds.
Journal of dairy science - 1 Jul 2014
Voelk V, Graber H U, van den Borne B H P, Sartori C, Steiner A, Bodmer M, Haerdi-Landerer M C
Abstract excerpt
Staphylococcus aureus is a major mastitis-causing pathogen. Various genotypes have been recently identified in Switzerland but Staph. aureus genotype B (GTB) was the only genotype associated with high within-herd prevalence. The risk of introducing this Staph. aureus genotype into a herd may be increased by frequent animal movements. This may also be the case when cows from different herds of origin are...
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