TY  - JOUR
U1  - Zeitschriftenartikel, wissenschaftlich - begutachtet (reviewed)
A1  - Krömker, Volker
A1  - Reinecke, Friederike
A1  - Paduch, Jan-Hendrik
A1  - Grabowski, Nils
T1  - Bovine Streptococcus uberis Intramammary Infections and Mastitis
JF  - Clinical Microbiology: Open Access
N2  - Streptococcus (S.) uberis is a causative agent for clinical and subclinical bovine mastitis which significance for the udder health has increased over the last decades. Molecular diagnosis methods revealed that S. uberis may be subdivided into many different varieties with different epidemiological properties. In addition, some varieties were reclassified as Streptococcus parauberis and Globicatella sanguinis. The present paper reviews S. uberis and its role in modern dairy farming. This pathogen is ubiquitous for which it is considered as environment- associated. Straw bedding and pasture, but also the bovine skin and digestive mucosae are typical localizations inhabited by S. uberis. Due to its capacity to persist within the mammary tissue, some infections may eventually turn cow-associated. In other cases, the infection is short, but in any case, there is a high risk of re-infection. Although many varieties remain susceptible to most antimicrobial agents, the problem for the dairy farm lies in the high rate of re-infection. This paper also reviews risk factors, therapies and measures to control S. uberis at farm level.
KW  - Streptococcus uberis
KW  - Microorganism
KW  - Cellobiose
Y1  - 2014
UN  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:960-opus4-8731
U6  - https://doi.org/10.25968/opus-873
DO  - https://doi.org/10.25968/opus-873
VL  - 3
SP  - 7
S1  - 7
ER  -