Mastitis caused by Yersinia pseudotuberculosis in Israeli dairy cattle and public health implications.
Yersinia pseudotuberculosis was isolated from mastitis cases in nine dairy cows in Israel. Six cases occurred on one farm (three instances of two cows, 2 months apart) and three cases on one farm each. Seven cows suffered from clinical and two from subclinical mastitis. All but two of the cows were culled. The literature describing cases of bovine mastitis caused by Y. pseudotuberculosis is reviewed and the human public health implications are discussed.
National Service for Udder Health and Milk Quality, Israeli Dairy Board, Caesarea, Israel.
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Shwimmer
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Freed
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Blum
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Khatib
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Weissblit
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Friedman
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Elad
D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D015169:Colony Count, Microbial; D005260:Female; D005506:Food Contamination / Q000517:prevention & control; D005516:Food Microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel; D008414:Mastitis, Bovine / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000635:transmission; D011634:Public Health; D015011:Yersinia pseudotuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D015012:Yersinia pseudotuberculosis Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D015047:Zoonoses