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Results of culture of secretions recovered from 547 mammary glands with clinical mastitis. |
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| Bacteriological finding |
n |
% |
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| Staphylococcus aureus |
357 |
65.3 |
| Coagulase-negative staphylococci |
16 |
2.9 |
| Streptococcus uberis |
9 |
1.6 |
| Streptococcus dysgalactiaea |
8 |
1.5 |
| Streptococcus spp.b |
8 |
1.5 |
| Enterococcus spp. |
4 |
0.7 |
| Escherichia coli |
35 |
6.4 |
| Klebsiella pneumoniae |
2 |
0.4 |
| Enterobacter spp. |
3 |
0.5 |
| Mannheimia haemolytica |
10 |
1.8 |
| Arcanobacterium pyogenes |
4 |
0.7 |
| Clostridium perfringens |
7 |
1.3 |
| Pasteurella spp.c |
4 |
0.7 |
| No growth |
72 |
13.2 |
| Contaminated samplesd |
8 |
1.5 |
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a Subsp. dysgalactiae. b Other than Str. dysgalactiae and Str. uberis. c Pasteurella mairii (2 samples), Pasteurella multocida (2 samples). d If blood agar plates contained more than two different types of colonies. | ||
Mørk et al. Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2007 49:23 doi:10.1186/1751-0147-49-23 |
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