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Incidence of Staphylococci and Streptococci During Winter in Mastitic Milk of Sahiwal Cow and Murrah Buffaloes

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Mastitis is a serious problem in dairy sector and among various aetiological agents, the incidence of staphylococci and streptococci remains high in milking animal. The present study was focused on detection of staphylococci and streptococci in winter season. Milk samples (117) of mastitic animals were tested for presence of staphylococci and streptococci using biochemical and PCR based assays. The testing revealed majority of animals (90.6%) were infected with more than one causative agent. Amongst 117 sample, 109 and 90 comprised of staphylococci and 90 streptococci, respectively. Distribution proportion of S. aureus, S. epidermidis, S. agalactiae, S. uberis and S. dysgalactiae among the mastitic cases was found as 64.9, 7.7, 5.1, 1.7, 48.7, 65.8 and 0.8%, respectively. Streptococci and staphylococci were observed in different combinations and the frequent were S. aureus/S. agalactiae/S. uberis, S. aureus/S. uberis, S. aureus/S. agalactiae and S. agalactiae/S. uberis which were accounted for 23.9, 19.7, 5.9 and 2.6%, respectively. Approximately half of the (52.1%) cases were observed for reoccurrence of mastitis. Reoccurrence of mastitis in winter season among these cases was significantly low as compared to summer (cattle-5 cases; buffaloes-2 cases). In addition, prevalence of S. aureus, S. agalactiae, S. uberis, and S. epidermidis in reoccurring mastitic cases was 73.7, 63.9, 45.9 and 6.6%, respectively. The observations revealed mastitis causing pathogens remains in hidden phase in winter season; however, cannot be neglected. The observation might be helpful in culling or segregation of cows for mastitis reduction programmes.

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This study was supported by Institutional research grant from the National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, India. Authors are also highly thankful to Rakesh Kumar, Kapil Dev, Anil Kumar and Nanku Singh of Livestock Genome Analysis Laboratory and Milking section of institute for their help in samples collection and support.

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Sentitula, Yadav, B.R. & Kumar, R. Incidence of Staphylococci and Streptococci During Winter in Mastitic Milk of Sahiwal Cow and Murrah Buffaloes. Indian J Microbiol 52, 153–159 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12088-011-0207-1

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