Streptococcus agalactiae is not always an obligate intramammary pathogen: Molecular epidemiology of GBS from milk, feces and environment in Colombian dairy herds

• Claudia Cobo-Ángel ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: claudia.cobo@ucaldas.edu.co

  Affiliation Research Group in Milk Quality and Veterinary Epidemiology, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Universidad de Caldas, Manizales, Colombia

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1298-8402

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• Ana S. Jaramillo-Jaramillo,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Research Group in Milk Quality and Veterinary Epidemiology, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Universidad de Caldas, Manizales, Colombia

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0565-7867

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• Laura M. Lasso-Rojas,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Research Group in Milk Quality and Veterinary Epidemiology, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Universidad de Caldas, Manizales, Colombia

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• Sandra B. Aguilar-Marin,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Research Group in Milk Quality and Veterinary Epidemiology, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Universidad de Caldas, Manizales, Colombia

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• Javier Sanchez,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Atlantic Veterinary College, University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada

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• Juan C. Rodriguez-Lecompte,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Atlantic Veterinary College, University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada

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• Alejandro Ceballos-Márquez,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Research Group in Milk Quality and Veterinary Epidemiology, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Universidad de Caldas, Manizales, Colombia

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1835-3280

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• Ruth N. Zadoks

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom, Moredun Research Institute, Penicuik, United Kingdom

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