Antimicrobial resistance and genotypic relatedness of environmental staphylococci in semi-extensive dairy farms.
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SUBMITTER: Monte DFM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7386642 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec
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Antimicrobial resistance and genotypic relatedness of environmental staphylococci in semi-extensive dairy farms.
Monte Daniel Farias Marinho DFM Lopes Júnior Wellington Dias WD Abley Melanie M Gebreyes Wondwossen Abebe WA de Oliveira Celso José Bruno CJB
Veterinary and animal science 20180802
This study aimed to investigate the occurrence, genotypic relatedness and antimicrobial resistance of <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> and coagulase-negative <i>Staphylococcus</i> from milk and environmental sources in dairy herds. A total of 110 staphylococci recovered from 147 samples collected at 21 semi-extensive dairy farms in Northeastern Brazil were investigated. <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> isolates were identified and screened for methicillin resistance by means of a duplex-PCR. The highest ...[more]
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