Prevalence, Virulence, and Antimicrobial Resistance of Major Mastitis Pathogens Isolated from Taiwanese Dairy Farms.

ABSTRACT: Mastitis, a highly prevalent disease in dairy cows, is responsible for massive financial losses due to decreased milk yield, milk quality, and costly medication. This research paper investigates antimicrobial susceptibility in cows and the role played by both resistance and virulence gene distribution in bovine mastitis. A total of 984 raw milk samples were collected from five different dairy farms and cultured on sheep blood agar plates. Antimicrobial susceptibility was determined by disc diffusion, and corresponding resistance and virulence genes were detected by PCR. Among the collected milk samples, 73, 32, and 19 isolates of Streptococcus spp., Staphylococcus spp., and coliforms were identified, respectively. The antimicrobial susceptibility results showed that Strept

SUBMITTER: Dhital B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10812822 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature