Limited discriminatory power for predicting persistence of S. aureus intramammary infections using MALDI-TOF mass spectra alone.
Staphylococcus aureus is a leading cause of intramammary infections (IMI) in Canadian dairy herds. These infections are frequently associated with elevated somatic cell counts (SCC), contributing to substantial economic losses through decreased milk quality and yield. Mass spectra generated by Matrix-Assisted Laser Des...