Association Between Virulence Factors and Clinical Course of Escherichia coli Mastitis.docVIP

Acta vet. scand. 2003, 44, 203-205 Brief Communication Association Between Virulence Factors and Clinical Course of Escherichia coli Mastitis By T. Lehtolainen1, T. Pohjanvirta2, S. Py?r?l?1 and S. Pelkonen2 1Department of Clinical Veterinary Science, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Helsinki, Saarentaus, 2Kuopio Department, National Veterinary and Food Research Institute, Kuopio, Finland. Introduction Mastitis caused by Escherichia coli is common in lactating dairy cows. E. coli is considered to be an opportunistic pathogen and originate from a contaminated environmen