Caprine mastitis and antibiotic susceptibility patterns in smallholder goat farms /
In this study, 58 lactating does were selected from 7 smallholder goat farms in Selangor and Negeri Sembilan. The animals were mostly Boer, Jamnahpari and Katjang. California Mastitis Test was done on all lactating does in the selected farms to detect the infection status of the udders. About 41% of...
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| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | In this study, 58 lactating does were selected from 7 smallholder goat farms in Selangor and Negeri Sembilan. The animals were mostly Boer, Jamnahpari and Katjang. California Mastitis Test was done on all lactating does in the selected farms to detect the infection status of the udders. About 41% of the lactating does were positive for mastitis and the others were normal. About 10% of the does were clinically infected while the other 31% subclinically detected with mastitis using CMT. A total of 90 bacterial isolates were obtained from the 48 milk samples. Altogether 13 bacterial genera were identified from the samples. The Gram-positive organisms were the major group of bacteria involved in mastitis in this study. The bacteria that have been isolated in this study were Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus epidermis, other Coagulase-negative Staphylococci such as Staphylococcus hyicus, Staphylococcus saprophyticus; Bacillus species, Corynebacterium species, Arcanobacterium pyogens, Nocardia species, and Neisseria species. the msot common pathogens associated with caprine mastitis were Staphylococcus spp. (72%). The most predominant pathogens were Staphylococcus aureus (40%), followed by Coagulase-negative Staphylococci (24%). About 50% of the isolates were resistant to Penicillin and almost all isolates were sensitive to gentamycin. |
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