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Journal of Dairy Science Vol. 85 No. 1 132-138
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Antibiotic Susceptibility Patterns for Environmental Streptococci Isolated from Bovine Mastitis in Central California Dairies

P. V. Rossitto 1, L. Ruiz 1, Y. Kikuchi 1, K. Glenn 1, K. Luiz 1, J. L. Watts 2, and J. S. Cullor 1

1 Department of Population, Health, and Reproduction, Veterinary Medicine Teaching and Research Facility, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis CA 93274
2 Infectious Diseases Biology, Pharmacia Corporation, Kalamazoo MI 49001

Environmental streptococci are frequently isolated from bovine mastitis in dairy cows with only limited information available on the antimicrobial susceptibility of these organisms. A total of 362 environmental streptococci isolated from cases of bovine mastitis from the central San Joaquin Valley of California over a 3-yr period were used in the study. Overall, 39.9% of the strains tested were Streptococcus uberis, 42.2% were Streptococcus dysgalactiae, and 11.1% were Enterococcus spp. The antimicrobial susceptibility for these organisms was determined for the following antimicrobial agents: penicillin, ampicillin, cephalothin, ceftiofur, penicillin + novobiocin, erythromycin, pirlimycin, tetracycline, and sulfadimethoxine. Results demonstrate substantial differences in the susceptibility patterns for the various organisms collectively referred to as the environmental streptococci. The MIC90 for penicillin was 0.06 µg/ml for 152 strains of S. dysgalactiae compared with 0.25 µg/ml for 133 strains of S. uberis. However, the Enterococcus spp. were the most resistant organisms tested. These data also indicate that the use of interpretive criteria based on human data may provide misleading results. In conclusion, these data confirm that the environmental streptococci are a diverse group of organisms comprised of several different genera and species and that identification of environmental streptococci to the species level is needed to appropriately modify control methods. Moreover, the use of the agar disk diffusion (Kirby-Bauer) susceptibility test for agents with human-based interpretive criteria is contraindicated, and these tests should only be performed with agents with mastitis specific interpretive criteria.

Key Words: bovine mastitis • antimicrobial susceptibility • streptococci • enterococci

Submitted on June 11, 2001
Accepted on September 13, 2001




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