| association between an outbreak strain causing mycoplasma bovis mastitis and its asymptomatic carriage in the herd: a case study from idaho, usa. | the objective of this study was to determine the association between mycoplasma mastitis and colonization of mycoplasma organisms at body sites of asymptomatic carriers. the investigation was done in a dairy herd with a first outbreak of mycoplasma mastitis. milk and swab solution specimens from accessible mucosal surfaces of body sites from cows and replacements were sampled at quarterly intervals (herd samplings 1-4). samples were cultured and mycoplasma spp. were isolated, speciated and finge ... | 2010 | 19880206 |