Short Communication: Outbreak of Nocardia neocaledoniensis Mastitis in an Italian Dairy Herd

Authors :: S. Allodi
Valeria Grieco
L. Alborali
Giuliano Pisoni
C. Rosignoli
Pietro Riccaboni
Paolo Moroni
Chiara Locatelli
Source :: Journal of Dairy Science. 91:136-139
Publication Year :: 2008
Publisher :: American Dairy Science Association, 2008.
Abstract: Nocardia spp. are an uncommon cause of mastitis, and outbreaks have typically been reported in dairy farms with poor hygienic and management conditions. The outbreak described herein involved a dairy farm with 43 lactating cows that, after a long period with low bulk milk somatic cell counts (

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