Prevalence of udder bacteria in milk samples from four dairy goat herds
- 1 October 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Australian Veterinary Journal
- Vol. 67 (10) , 362-363
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1751-0813.1990.tb07404.x
Abstract
SUMMARY The prevalence of udder bacterial infections in 4 commercial goat herds in New South Wales was examined. Coagulase negative staphylococci were the predominant bacteria isolated being cultured from 13.3% of the 896 halves tested. Other bacteria isolated were Staphylococcus aureus (less than 1% of halves), streptococci (0.6%) and coliforms (2.0%). The low prevalence of udder bacteria contributing to the contamination of the milk was attributed to the milking management practices carried out in these herds, in particular pre-milking and post-milking antisepsis.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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