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{{Taxobox
|name =''Corynebacterium bovis''
|phylum =Actinobacteria
|order =Actinomycetales
|family =Corynebacteriaceae
|genus =Corynebacterium
|species =''C.bovis''
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Also known as: '''''C.bovis'''''
''Corynebacterium bovis'' is a species of the ''[[Corynebacterium species - Overview|Corynebacterium]]'' genus. It causes subclinical [[Mastitis|mastitis]] in cattle.
''Corynebacterium bovis'' is a species of the ''[[Corynebacterium species - Overview|Corynebacterium]]'' genus. It causes subclinical [[Mastitis|mastitis]] in cattle.
It is found in the teat cistern and causes a mild neutrophil response in the teat canal of healthy dairy cows and may protect against invasion from more pathogenic bacteria.
It is found in the teat cistern and causes a mild neutrophil response in the teat canal of healthy dairy cows and may protect against invasion from more pathogenic bacteria.
''C.bovis'' is the only pathogenic ''[[Corynebacterium species - Overview|Corynebacterium]]'' species that does not produce urease. It is a lipophilic bacterium that produces small, white, dry, non-haemolytic colonies on plates inoculated with bovine milk.
''C.bovis'' is the only pathogenic ''[[Corynebacterium species - Overview|Corynebacterium]]'' species that '''does not produce urease'''. It is a lipophilic bacterium that produces small, white, dry, non-haemolytic colonies on plates inoculated with bovine milk.
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[http://www.cabdirect.org/search.html?q=title%3A%28%22Corynebacterium+bovis%22%29 ''Corynebacterium bovis'' publications]
[http://www.cabdirect.org/search.html?q=%28%28title%3A%28mastitis%29%29%29+AND+%28%28title%3A%28%22Corynebacterium+bovis%22%29%29%29 ''Corynebacterium bovis'' and mastitis publications]
|full text = [http://www.cabi.org/cabdirect/FullTextPDF/2005/20053159771.pdf ''' Corynebacterium bovis - friend or foe?''' Huxley, J. N.; Green, M. J.; Bradley, A. J.; Institute of Animal Health, Newbury, UK, British Mastitis Conference 2003, Lancashire, UK, 8th October 2003, 2003, pp 23-34, 44 ref.]
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