Various body sites of vertebrates provide stable and nutrient-rich ecosystems for a diverse
range of commensal, opportunistic, and pathogenic microorganisms to thrive. The collective …

Despite considerable efforts to control bovine mastitis and explain its causes, it remains the
most costly and common disease of dairy cattle worldwide. The role and impact of non …

The aim of this study was to determine risk factors for bovine intramammary infection (IMI)
associated with the most common bacterial species in Finland. Large databases of the …

Since phenotypic methods to identify coagulase negative staphylococci (CNS) from the milk
of ruminants often yield unreliable results, methods for molecular identification based on …

Mastitis is considered the costliest disease on dairy farms and also adversely affects animal
welfare. As treatment (and to a lesser extent prevention) of mastitis rely heavily on …

Many metagenomic sequencing studies have observed the presence of closely related
bacterial species or genotypes in the same microbiome. Previous attempts to explain these …

ABSTRACT Non-aureus staphylococci (NAS), the microorganisms most frequently isolated
from bovine milk worldwide, are a heterogeneous group of numerous species. To establish …

Previous studies have shown that organically raised dairy cows have an increased
prevalence of Staphylococcus aureus compared with conventionally raised dairy cows …

This study described the occurrence of clinical and subclinical forms of mastitis in 250 cattle
from 5 dairy farms around the cities of Santa Rosa and Machala, El Oro Province, Ecuador …

Background Within complex microbial ecosystems, microbe-microbe interrelationships play
crucial roles in determining functional properties such as metabolic potential, stability and …