An outbreak of acute bovine mastitis caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae in a dairy herd

An outbreak of coliform mastitis is described in a dairy herd from the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. During a four-month period 14 fatal cases of Klebsiella pneumoniae-related mastitis were observed in a herd of 104 lactating cows. The symptoms included peracute enterotoxemia in which the cows di...

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Main Authors: N. Silva, G.M. Costa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais 2001-08-01
Series:Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-09352001000400001&tlng=en