Heifers infected with coagulase-negative staphylococci in early lactation have fewer cases of clinical mastitis and higher milk production in their first lactation than noninfected heifers.

Piepers, S; Opsomer, G; Barkema, H W; de Kruif, A; De Vliegher, S

Piepers, S; Opsomer, G; Barkema, H W; de Kruif, A; De Vliegher, S.

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Piepers S; Department of Reproduction, Obstetrics and Herd Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium. Sofie.Piepers@UGent.be

J Dairy Sci ; 93(5): 2014-24, 2010 May.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20412915

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Coagulase/metabolism; Lactation/physiology; Mastitis, Bovine/microbiology; Milk/metabolism; Staphylococcal Infections/veterinary; Animals; Cattle; Female; Kaplan-Meier Estimate; Mastitis, Bovine/pathology; Regression Analysis; Staphylococcal Infections/enzymology; Staphylococcal Infections/microbiology; Staphylococcus/enzymology; Streptococcal Infections/microbiology; Streptococcal Infections/veterinary

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Staphylococcal Infections / Lactation / Coagulase / Milk / Mastitis, Bovine Type of study: Diagnostic_studies / Prognostic_studies Limits: Animals Language: En Journal: J Dairy Sci Year: 2010 Type: Article Affiliation country: Belgium

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