16 October 2008
Strep. uberis is recognised by many as the problem bug on the dairy farm. Intervet's Cobactan® diagnostic scheme - a subsidised milk testing programme examining samples from farms all over Britain - shows it was responsible for 26% of clinical cases and 18% of high SCC. Coliforms were the next highest cause of clinical mastitis at 14% with Staph. aureus at 10%.
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