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Published on: December 23, 2018
Outbreaks of clinical mastitis caused by Trichosporon beigelii in dairy herds
R N González1, D J Wilson, S A Sickles
1Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14850, USA.
Abstract:
Trichosporon beigelii is widely distributed in nature and is classically associated with white piedra, a mycosis that may involve the hair of the human body. Intramammary infections caused by T beigelii may be fatal in cows; the prevalence in affected dairy herds may be high. Affected cows may have hyperthermia, swelling of the udder, and substantially decreased milk production or agalactia. Intramammary infections caused by yeast, including T beigelii, may also be associated with high bacterial counts in bulk-tank milk.
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