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Use of N-acetyl-β-glucosaminidase to detect teat canal inflammations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 2009

Liisa Kaartinen  and
Niels E. Jensen
Liisa Kaartinen
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Box 6, SF-00551 Helsinki, Finland
Niels E. Jensen
Affiliation:
National Laboratory, Odinsvej 4, DK–4100 Ringsted, Denmark
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Infections of the bovine mammary gland are considered to be ascending infections through the teat canal (Forbes & Hebert, 1968). With respect to skin and wound infections, staphylococci in particular adhere to and colonize traumatized areas (Mertz et al. 1987). Staphylococcus aureus and coagulase-negative staphylococci can colonize the teat canal for weeks before they invade upper parts of the mammary gland (Forbes & Hebert, 1968). Such teat canal infections predispose the mammary gland to mastitic infections, particularly with the so-called ‘contagious’ mastitis pathogens, namely Staph. aureus, Streptococcus agalactiae and Str. dysgalactiae.

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Journal of Dairy Research , Volume 55 , Issue 4 , November 1988 , pp. 603 - 607
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Copyright © Proprietors of Journal of Dairy Research 1988

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