Recovery of Streptococcus agalactiae and Staphylococcus aureus from fresh and frozen bovine milk

• Published in: Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association Vol. 198; no. 8; p. 1398
• Main Authors: Villanueva, M.R. (University of California, Davis, CA), Tyler, J.W, Thurmond, M.C
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 15.04.1991
• Subjects: Animals; BOVINE MASTITIS; Cattle; CONGELACION; CONGELATION; COWS; Cryopreservation; DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC; DIAGNOSTICO; ECHANTILLONNAGE; FREEZING; ISOLATION; LAIT; LECHE; MAMMITE BOVINE; MASTITIS BOVINA; Mastitis, Bovine - microbiology; MILK; Milk - microbiology; MUESTREO; Probability; SAMPLE PRETREATMENT; SAMPLING; Staphylococcal Infections - microbiology; Staphylococcal Infections - veterinary; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; Staphylococcus aureus - isolation & purification; Streptococcal Infections - microbiology; Streptococcal Infections - veterinary; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; Streptococcus agalactiae - isolation & purification; VACA; VACHE

Three hundred seventy-three milk samples were screened for Streptococcus agalactiae and Staphylococcus aureus. After sample storage at -20 C for 23 days, the frequency of Str agalactiae isolation increased 2.50 times. The frequency of S aureus isolation increased 1.48 times in the same interval. Inc...