2006, Cilt 22, Sayı 3-4, Sayfa(lar) 015-019
Corynebacterium Species Isolated from Milk Samples of Dairy Cows with Mastitis and Antibiotic Susceptibilities
H. Hüseyin Hadimli, Osman Erganiş, Kürşat Kav, Zafer Sayın
Selçuk Üniversitesi Veteriner Fakülıesi, Mikrobiyoloji Artabilim Dalı, KONYA
Keywords: Corynebacterium amycolatum, C. xerosis, C. minutissimum, C. bovis, C. pseudotuberculosis, bovine mastitis
Downloaded:2146 - Viewed: 2498

In this study, identification of Corynebacterium spp. isolated from dairy cows and detection of theirs antibiotic susceptibililis were aimed. A total of 810 cattle Irom 7 dairy herd has been monitered by CMT, trom a number of 651 samples detected positive by CMT and 64 Corynebacterium spp. were isolated. Of Corynebacterium isolates, 41 (64.06%) were identified as C. amycolatum, 11 (17.18%) C. xerosis. 7 (10.93%) C. minutissimum, 3 (4,68%) C. bovis and 2 (3.12%) C. pseudotuberculosis. While C. pseudotuberculosis isolates were tound to resistant to erythromycin and tincomycin, other Corynebacterium species (C. amycolatum, C, xerosis, C. minutissimum, C. bovis) were differently susceptible to 10 antibacterials agents.