Identification of immune genes and proteins involved in the response of bovine mammary tissue to Staphylococcus aureus infection

C Strandberg Lutzow, Ylva; Donaldson, Laurelea; Gray, C.; Vuocolo, Tony; Pearson, Roger; Reverter, Antônio; Byrne, Keren; A. Sheehy, Paul; Windon, R.G.; L. Tellam, Ross

doi:10.1186/1746-6148-4-18

Public

Identification of immune genes and proteins involved in the response of bovine mammary tissue to Staphylococcus aureus infection

Published in BMC Veterinary Research • Jun 2, 2008

Authors:

Ylva C Strandberg Lutzow

Laurelea Donaldson

C. Gray

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Mastitis in dairy cattle results from infection of mammary tissue by a range of micro-organisms but principally coliform bacteria and Gram positive bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureus. The former species are often acquired by environmental contamination while S. aureus is particularly...

Subject

Staphylococcus aureus

Mastitis

Biology

Research Assistant

AI chat, annotations, notes & similar papers

Finding related papers...

Discussions

(0)

No comments yet

Be the first to share your thoughts!