Article
District-wide herd sanitation and eradication of intramammary Staphylococcus aureus genotype B infection in dairy herds in Ticino, Switzerland.
Journal of dairy science - 1 Oct 2024
Sesso L, Vanzetti T, Weber J, Vaccani M, Riva Scettrini P, Sartori C, Ivanovic I, Romanò A, Bodmer M, Bacciarini L N, Struchen R, Steiner A, Graber H U
Abstract excerpt
The present study demonstrates successful herd sanitation and eradication of contagious mastitis caused by Staphylococcus aureus genotype B (GTB) in an entire Swiss district (Ticino) including 3,364 dairy cows from 168 farms. Herd sanitation included testing of all cows using a highly GTB-specific and sensitive real-time quantitative PCR (qPCR) assay, implementation of related on-farm measures, appropriate...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
