TY - T1 - Bacteriological etiology and treatment of mastitis in Finnish dairy herds SN - / UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/186898 T3 - A1 - Vakkamäki, Johanna; Taponen, Suvi; Heikkilä, Anna-Maija; Pyörälä, Satu A2 - PB - BioMed Central Y1 - 2017 LA - AB - Abstract Background The Finnish dairy herd recording system maintains production and health records of cows and herds. Veterinarians and farmers register veterinary treatments in the system. Milk samples for microbiological analysis are routinely taken from mastitic cows. The laboratory of the largest dairy company in Finland, Valio Ltd., analyzes most samples using real-time PCR. This study addressed pathogen-specific microbiological data and treat... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - Bovine mastitis; Bacteriology; PCR; Treatment; Culling N1 - PP - ER -