Prevalence and Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Bacterial Isolates of Bovine Mastitis Didugu Hareesh1,*, Reddy Ch. E. Narasimha, Devi M. Anitha, Kishore K. Nanda2 Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, Department of Animal Husbandry, Vijayawada-520010, Andhra Pradesh 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 *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. Top Keywords Antibiogram, buffalo, etiology, mastitis, susceptibility. Top |