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Table 2 Bacteria isolated from mink mammary tissue and intestines of their respective kits

From: Dam characteristics associated with pre-weaning diarrhea in mink (Neovison vison)

Farm ID

Female ID

Isolate from mammary tissue

Diarrhea

Isolates from kits intestinesa

2

1

Staphylococcus intermedius group

Not conducted

4

2

Staphylococcus intermedius group

Unspecific mixture

4

3

Staphylococcus lentus

+

Non-hem. Escherichia coli

4

4

Micrococcus luteus

+

Non-hem. Escherichia coli

12

5

Staphylococcus lentus

+

Non-hem. Escherichia coli

13

6

Staphylococcus aureus

+

Overgrowth of Proteus spp.

19

7

Staphylococcus intermedius group

Not conducted

25

8

Enterococcus hirae

+

Hemolytic Escherichia coli

28

9

Staphylococcus intermedius group

+

Enterococcus hirae

  1. Types of bacteria isolated by aerobic cultivation from mink dam mammary tissue (n = 9) and from intestines of their respective mink kits
  2. aThe most dominant species