Streptococcus agalactiae is not always an obligate intramammary pathogen: Molecular epidemiology of GBS from milk, feces and environment in Colombian dairy herds.
For many years Streptococcus agalactiae has been considered an obligate intramammary and strictly contagious pathogen in dairy cattle. However, recent reports of S. agalactiae isolation from extramammary sources have contradicted that premise. To gain further insight into the epidemiology of S. agal...
Main Authors: | Claudia Cobo-Ángel, Ana S Jaramillo-Jaramillo, Laura M Lasso-Rojas, Sandra B Aguilar-Marin, Javier Sanchez, Juan C Rodriguez-Lecompte, Alejandro Ceballos-Márquez, Ruth N Zadoks |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2018-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0208990 |
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