Aim:The study was carried out to investigate the prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility of clinical pathogens isolated from Bovine Mastitis in and around Coimbatore District, Tamilnadu, South India.Materials and Methods: A total of 250 milk samples were screened and 152 isolates of Staphylococci were obtained and their susceptibility to several antimicrobial agents by agar disc diffusion method.Results: Out of 152 isolates of Staphylococcus aureus resistance was detected in 63 (41.44%), 39 (25.65%), 21(13.81%),18 (11.84%),6 (3.94%) and 5 (3.28%) isolates for penicillin, streptomycin, erythromycin, tetracycline, ampicillin and Cephalothin, respectively.No resistance was detected for Gentamicin.Conclusion: Results indicated that these isolates exhibited the highest degree of resistance to penicillin of all antimicrobial agents tested.
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