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Genetic relatedness and virulence factors of bovine Staphylococcus aureus isolated from teat skin and milk.
Journal of dairy science - 1 Nov 2014
da Costa L B, Rajala-Schultz P J, Hoet A, Seo K S, Fogt K, Moon B S
Abstract excerpt
The objective of this study was to assess the role of teat skin colonization in Staphylococcus aureus intramammary infections (IMI) by evaluating genetic relatedness of Staph. aureus isolates from milk and teat skin of dairy cows using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and characterizing the isolates based on the carriage of virulence genes. Cows in 4 known Staph. aureus-positive herds were sampled and Staph....
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