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Local host response following an intramammary challenge with Staphylococcus fleurettii and different strains of Staphylococcus chromogenes in dairy heifers

Overview of attention for article published in Veterinary Research, May 2016
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Title
Local host response following an intramammary challenge with Staphylococcus fleurettii and different strains of Staphylococcus chromogenes in dairy heifers
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Veterinary Research, May 2016
DOI 10.1186/s13567-016-0338-9
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Kristine Piccart, Joren Verbeke, Anneleen De Visscher, Sofie Piepers, Freddy Haesebrouck, Sarne De Vliegher

Abstract

Coagulase-negative staphylococci (CNS) are a common cause of subclinical mastitis in dairy cattle. The CNS inhabit various ecological habitats, ranging between the environment and the host. In order to obtain a better insight into the host response, an experimental infection was carried out in eight healthy heifers in mid-lactation with three different CNS strains: a Staphylococcus fleurettii strain originating from sawdust bedding, an intramammary Staphylococcus chromogenes strain originating from a persistent intramammary infection (S. chromogenes IM) and a S. chromogenes strain isolated from a heifer's teat apex (S. chromogenes TA). Each heifer was inoculated in the mammary gland with 1.0 × 10(6) colony forming units of each bacterial strain (one strain per udder quarter), whereas the remaining quarter was infused with phosphate-buffered saline. Overall, the CNS evoked a mild local host response. The somatic cell count increased in all S. fleurettii-inoculated quarters, although the strain was eliminated within 12 h. The two S. chromogenes strains were shed in larger numbers for a longer period. Bacterial and somatic cell counts, as well as neutrophil responses, were higher after inoculation with S. chromogenes IM than with S. chromogenes TA. In conclusion, these results suggest that S. chromogenes might be better adapted to the mammary gland than S. fleurettii. Furthermore, not all S. chromogenes strains induce the same local host response.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Colombia 1 3%
Unknown 34 97%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 7 20%
Student > Master 5 14%
Student > Doctoral Student 3 9%
Student > Bachelor 3 9%
Student > Ph. D. Student 3 9%
Other 5 14%
Unknown 9 26%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 8 23%
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 6 17%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 5 14%
Immunology and Microbiology 3 9%
Computer Science 1 3%
Other 1 3%
Unknown 11 31%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 5. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 06 September 2016.
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#6,921,473
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Outputs from Veterinary Research
#315
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Outputs of similar age
#95,286
of 326,216 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Veterinary Research
#4
of 18 outputs
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