Aim:
The study was carried out to investigate the
prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility of
clinical pathogens isolated from Bovine Mastitis
in and around Coimbatore District, Tamilnadu,
South India.
Materials and Methods: A total
of 250 milk samples were screened and 152 isolates
of Staphylococci were obtained and their
susceptibility to several antimicrobial agents by
agar disc diffusion method.
Results: Out of
152 isolates of Staphylococcus aureus resistance
was detected in 63 (41.44%), 39 (25.65%),
21(13.81%), 18 (11.84%), 6 (3.94%) and 5 (3.28%)
isolates for penicillin, streptomycin,
erythromycin, tetracycline, ampicillin and
Cephalothin, respectively. No resistance was
detected for Gentamicin.
Conclusion:
Results indicated that these isolates exhibited
the highest degree of resistance to penicillin of
all antimicrobial agents tested.
Keywords:
Antimicrobial agents, Bovine Mastitis, Disc
diffusion, Mastitis pathogens
