2012
DOI: 10.1186/1746-6148-8-39
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Genetically divergent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and sec-dependent mastitis of dairy goats in Taiwan

Abstract: BackgroundWidespread in the environment, Staphylococcus spp. infect animals and humans as normal flora or pathogens. By extending our recent report of multi-drug resistant (MDR) S. aureus in dairy goats, this study investigated the staphylococcal infection and characterized the MDR-S. aureus and methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) isolates collected from goats in 2008 to elucidate the appearance of MRSA in goats and the mastitis associated staphylococcus enterotoxin (SE) types. A total of 555 samples were c… Show more

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“…Pvl, tst and sec were frequently detected in the isolates from raw goat milk, while ser, seb, pvl, and sec were frequently found in the isolates from processing plants. The sec gene is often reported as the most frequent enterotoxin gene in S. aureus from goat milk (Chu, Yu, Lee, & Su, 2012;Lyra et al, 2013;Spanu et al, 2013). It was confirmed in this study.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 86%
“…Pvl, tst and sec were frequently detected in the isolates from raw goat milk, while ser, seb, pvl, and sec were frequently found in the isolates from processing plants. The sec gene is often reported as the most frequent enterotoxin gene in S. aureus from goat milk (Chu, Yu, Lee, & Su, 2012;Lyra et al, 2013;Spanu et al, 2013). It was confirmed in this study.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 86%
“…Staphylococcus aureus is considered a major pathogen in dairy goats and is responsible for both clinical and subclinical intramammary infections (Bergonier et al, 2003). The prevalence of S. aureus positive herds, estimated by bulk tank milk analysis, ranges from 16.7 to 96.2% in different countries, including Italy (Muehlherr et al, 2003;Jørgensen et al, 2005;Chu et al, 2012;Spanu et al, 2013). Staphylococcus aureus intramammary infections result in significant economic losses due to reduced milk production and poor milk quality, and represent a source of contamination of raw milk and dairy products.…”
Section: Short Communicationmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Mastitis occurs in lactating women, dairy cattle, sheep, goat, sow, queen, and mare. Since milk from the affected udders of dairy cattle, sheep, goat, and other milk producing females may enter the food supply; a health risk may be posed on public health [1][2][3][4]. Due to decreased milk yield and quality, impaired milk quality and elevated costs for herd management labor and veterinary care, it causes $ 2 billion of annual losses in America.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 98%