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Invited review: Mastitis in dairy heifers: nature of the disease, potential impact, prevention, and control by De Vliegher, S, Fox, L K, Piepers, S, McDougall, S, Barkema, H W

“…Heifer mastitis is a disease that potentially threatens production and udder health in the first and subsequent lactations. In general, coagulase-negative…”
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Prevalence, incidence and risk factors of heifer mastitis by Fox, L.K.

“…Traditionally heifers, as calves and as primiparae, have been thought of as a group as free of mastitis. Without appreciable lacteal secretion, there is…”
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Multilocus Sequence Typing of Intercontinental Bovine Staphylococcus aureus Isolates by Smith, E. M, Green, L. E, Medley, G. F, Bird, H. E, Fox, L. K, Schukken, Y. H, Kruze, J. V, Bradley, A. J, Zadoks, R. N, Dowson, C. G

“…A total of 258 bovine-associated Staphylococcus aureus isolates from the United States, Chile, and the United Kingdom, plus the reference isolate S. aureus…”
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Intramammary infections and teat canal colonization with coagulase-negative staphylococci after postmilking teat disinfection: species-specific responses by Quirk, T, Fox, L K, Hancock, D D, Capper, J, Wenz, J, Park, J

“…Coagulase-negative staphylococci (CNS) are the most common pathogens associated with intramammary infections (IMI) in dairy cows. We hypothesized that…”
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Factors associated with concentrations of select cytokine and acute phase proteins in dairy cows with naturally occurring clinical mastitis by Wenz, J R, Fox, L K, Muller, F J, Rinaldi, M, Zeng, R, Bannerman, D D

“…The objective of the current observational study was to determine the potential associations between cow factors, clinical mastitis (CM) etiology, and…”
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Comparison of Staphylococcus aureus Isolates from Bovine and Human Skin, Milking Equipment, and Bovine Milk by Phage Typing, Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis, and Binary Typing by ZADOKS, R. N, VAN LEEUWEN, W. B, KREFT, D, FOX, L. K, BARKEMA, H. W, SCHUKKEN, Y. H, VAN BELKUM, A

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Biofilm production by Staphylococcus aureus associated with intramammary infection by Fox, L.K., Zadoks, R.N., Gaskins, C.T.

“…Biofilm production by 221 Staphylococcus aureus isolates from 45 dairy herds was evaluated. Isolates were from composite milk of 117 cows, from teat skin of 70…”
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A PCR assay and PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism combination identifying the 3 primary Mycoplasma species causing mastitis by Boonyayatra, S, Fox, L K, Besser, T E, Sawant, A, Gay, J M, Raviv, Z

“…The focus of the current research was to develop real-time PCR assays with improved sensitivity and the capacity to simultaneously speciate the 3 most common…”
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Mycoplasma mastitis: a review of transmission and control by Fox, L.K, Kirk, J.H, Britten, A

“…Summary The Mycoplasma sp. that cause mastitis are simple, cell wall‐less, bacteria that can colonize and cause diseases in other extramammary sites in the…”
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The effect of a shortened dry period on intramammary infections during the subsequent lactation by Church, G T, Fox, L K, Gaskins, C T, Hancock, D D, Gay, J M

“…Several recent studies have investigated the effect of shortened dry periods on milk production in the subsequent lactation. What is lacking from these studies…”
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Effects of storage methods on the recovery of Mycoplasma species from milk samples by Boonyayatra, S., Fox, L.K., Besser, T.E., Sawant, A., Gay, J.M.

“…Mycoplasma species are fastidious microorganisms causing mastitis in dairy cows. Storage by freezing milk samples affects their viability. The purpose of this…”
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Effects of prepartum intramammary antibiotic therapy on udder health, milk production, and reproductive performance in dairy heifers by Borm, A A, Fox, L K, Leslie, K E, Hogan, J S, Andrew, S M, Moyes, K M, Oliver, S P, Schukken, Y H, Hancock, D D, Gaskins, C T, Owens, W E, Norman, C

“…Preparturient heifers (n = 561) from 9 herds in 6 US states and 1 Canadian province were enrolled in a study to test the hypothesis that prepartum intramammary…”
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The role of animal movement, including off-farm rearing of heifers, in the interherd transmission of multidrug-resistant Salmonella by Adhikari, B, Besser, T E, Gay, J M, Fox, L K, Davis, M A, Cobbold, R N, Berge, A C B, Hancock, D D

“…Fifty-nine commercial dairy farms were sampled 7 times over 15 to 21 mo to determine the role of animal movement, including off-farm rearing of heifers, in the…”
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Multilocus Variable-Number Tandem-Repeat Analysis and Plasmid Profiling To Study the Occurrence of blaCMY₋₂ within a Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis-Defined Clade of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium by Adhikari, B, Besser, T.E, Gay, J.M, Fox, L.K, Hancock, D.D, Davis, M.A

“…Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium circulating in food animal populations and carrying resistance to antimicrobial agents represents a human health risk…”
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Gap analysis of Mycoplasma bovis disease, diagnosis and control: An aid to identify future development requirements by Calcutt, M. J., Lysnyansky, I., Sachse, K., Fox, L. K., Nicholas, R. A. J., Ayling, R. D.

“…Summary There is a worldwide problem of disease caused by Mycoplasma (M.) bovis in cattle; it has a significant detrimental economic and animal welfare impact…”
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Introduction of new multidrug-resistant Salmonella enterica strains into commercial dairy herds by Adhikari, B, Besser, T E, Gay, J M, Fox, L K, Davis, M A, Cobbold, R N, Berge, A C, McClanahan, R, Hancock, D D

“…A longitudinal observational study of 59 dairy herds was conducted in Washington State to estimate the rate of introduction of new multidrug-resistant (MDR)…”
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Short communication: Removal of hair from the mammary gland: Recovery of bacteria from teat skin and milk by Fox, L K

“…It has been assumed that the presence of udder hair can interfere with safe milking practices and reduce the wholesomeness of milk relative to bacterial…”
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Short communication: disinfectant containing a complex of skin conditioners by Fox, L K, Gradle, C, Dee, A

“…The efficacies of 2 new teat dip formulations were tested against experimental challenge by contagious mastitis pathogens Staphylococcus aureus and…”
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Use of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis for detecting differences in Staphylococcus aureus strain populations between dairy herds with different cattle importation practices by MIDDLETON, J. R., FOX, L. K., GAY, J. M., TYLER, J. W., BESSER, T. E.

“…The hypothesis tested was that dairy herds which import cattle for replacement or expansion have a higher prevalence of Staphylococcus aureus mastitis and a…”
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Species Identification and Strain Typing of Staphylococcus agnetis and Staphylococcus hyicus Isolates from Bovine Milk by Use of a Novel Multiplex PCR Assay and Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis by Adkins, P R F, Middleton, J R, Calcutt, M J, Stewart, G C, Fox, L K

“…and are two coagulase-variable staphylococcal species that can be isolated from bovine milk and are difficult to differentiate. The objectives of this study…”
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