Prevalence of Methicillin Resistance Staphylococcus aureus in Cattle and She-camels Milk at Al-Qadisyia Province | ||
Al-Anbar Journal of Veterinary Sciences | ||
Article 1, Volume 5, Issue 2, December 2012, Pages 63-67 | ||
Author | ||
M. H. Abdulkadhim | ||
Abstract | ||
This study is conducted to investigate the methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in the cattle and she-camels milk. In which the number of examined milk samples in cattle and she-camels was (400, 360) with percentage of S. aureus (19.4%, 13.4%) respectively. Actually the subclinical mastitis widely distributed (59%, 43.3%) with the methicillin resistant isolates (39.1%, 0%) respectively in the both species. Furthermore the antibiotics sensitivity test reveals high susceptibility of this pathogens to cefoxitin and streptomycin and to several antibiotic types in the she-camels isolates. | ||
Keywords | ||
subclinical mastitis; Staphylococcus aureus; Cattle; Camels | ||
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