INTAS POLIVET
Open Access
  • Year: 2015
  • Volume: 16
  • Issue: 2

Prevalence and Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Bacterial Isolates of Bovine Mastitis

  • Author:
  • Hareesh Didugu1,, Ch. E. Narasimha Reddy, M. Anitha Devi, K. Nanda Kishore2
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Page Number: 246 to 248

1Veterinary Assistant Surgeon, Department of Veterinary Pathology, College of Veterinary Science, SVVU, Gannavaram, Andhra Pradesh

2Post Graduate Scholar, Department of Veterinary Pathology, College of Veterinary Science, SVVU, Gannavaram, Andhra Pradesh

Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, Department of Animal Husbandry, Vijayawada-520010, Andhra Pradesh

*Corresponding author. E-mail: hareesh.vet@gmail.com

Online published on 2 April, 2016.

Abstract

An investigation was conducted to ascertain the causative organisms and effective antimicrobial drugs for treating mastitis in buffaloes. 100 samples from clinical cases of mastitis in buffaloes revealed Staphylococcus spp. (43%); Streptococcus spp. (17%); Pseudomonas spp (9%); E.coli (21%); Klebsiella spp. (3%) and mixed infection (7%). Most effective antimicrobial agent was Chloramphenicol (95%) followed by Tetracycline (92%), Gentamicin (89%), Ciprofloxacin (86%) and Enrofloxacin (80%). Resistance towards Penicillin, Ampicillin, Streptomycin and Ceftriaxone was also observed.

Keywords

Antibiogram, buffalo, etiology, mastitis, susceptibility