Open AccessPrevalence of mycototic mastitis in cows
Author(s) -
A. Pengov
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
acta veterinaria
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.308
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1820-7448
pISSN - 0567-8315
DOI - 10.2298/avb0203133p
Subject(s) - mastitis , medicine , zoology , geography , veterinary medicine , biology , pathology
The aim of this study, performed between 1997 and 2000, was to evaluate the prevalence of bovine yeast udder infections and the accuracy of laboratory diagnostic methods for the isolation and determination of different genera of yeast in milk. The results from culture of milk samples from 9754 functional udder quarters are presented. Samples were taken from clinically and subclinically infected udder quarters of 2483 cows. The samples were cultured on blood and Sabouraud dextrose agar (SDA). The final diagnosis was made using the results of the API 20 C and API 20CAUX (Bio Merieux) systems. Besides bacterial udder pathogens, 187 yeast and 34 prototheca strains were isolated from infected bovine mammary glands. The most prevalent species were: Candida krusei, C. rugosa, C. glabrata and C. albicans