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Principal mastitis-causing bugs in sheep identified in Farming Connect study

A Farming Connect-funded Welsh study has identified two bacterial pathogens as the principal causes of mastitis in commercial sheep flocks

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Principal mastitis-causing bugs in sheep identified in Farming Connect study

Although 14 different strains of bacteria were found in milk samples from the 12 flocks involved in the study during the 2023-24 lambing season, it was staphylococcus aureus and mannheimia haemolytica...

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