1Department of Veterinary Microbiology, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, OUAT, Bhubaneswar, India
2Department of Veterinary Pathology, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, OUAT, Bhubaneswar, India
3Department of Livestock Products Technology, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, OUAT, Bhubaneswar, India
*Corresponding author: R Mishra; E-mail: rajshreelilyvet@yahoo.co.in
Online Published on 13 July, 2023.
Now a days due to increase in antimicrobial resistance, there is a quest for alternative to synthetic antimicrobial drugs. As cow dung is a natural product with reported antimicrobial activity. In the present study 30 cow dung samples from different cattle breeds in and around Bhubaneswar, Odisha were tested against the Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus species isolated from milk samples. Methanol, Ethanol and Aqueous extracts of cow dung were prepared and its antimicrobial properties were assessed as per Disk Diffusion method. From the studies conducted it was revealed that the Methanol extract of cow dung exhibits more antimicrobial activity than the Ethanol and Aqueous extracts of cow dung.
• Cow dung has antimicrobial activity against Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus species.
• Methanol extracts of cow dung possess antimicrobial activity higher than ethanol and aqueous extracts.
Antimicrobial resistance, Aqueous extract Escherichia coli, Ethanol extract, Methanol extract, Staphylococcus species
