Ocurrence and characterizacion of negative coagulase Staphylococci in milking goats, Rio de Janeiro State

Authors

  • Marcelo Viana de Castro Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro
  • Maria Charlotte Elizabethe Hubinger Langenegger Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária
  • Jerome Langenegger Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5433/1679-0359.1992v13n1p15

Keywords:

Mastitis, Staphylococci, Goats.

Abstract

A total of 298 milking goats of different races were studied in 10 hers in the Siate of Rio de Janeiro. According so California Mastitis Test (CMT) 179 (60%) goats were positive in one or two teats. For the bacteriological study 585 milk samples were taken, 290 positives and 295 negatives at CMT. From the total amount of samples, negative coagulase were isolated in staphylococci predominating the Species: S. epidermidis, S. caprae, S. simulans and S. xylosus.

 

Author Biographies

Marcelo Viana de Castro, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro

Aluno do curso de Mestrado em Microbiologia Veterinária da Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro – UFRRJ.

Maria Charlotte Elizabethe Hubinger Langenegger, Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária

Pesquisador EMBRAPA – Saropédica – RJ.

Jerome Langenegger, Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária

Pesquisador EMBRAPA – Saropédica – RJ.

Published

1992-01-13

How to Cite

Castro, M. V. de, Langenegger, M. C. E. H., & Langenegger, J. (1992). Ocurrence and characterizacion of negative coagulase Staphylococci in milking goats, Rio de Janeiro State. Semina: Ciências Agrárias, 13(1), 15–17. https://doi.org/10.5433/1679-0359.1992v13n1p15

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