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Occurrence Of Mastitis And Associated Pathogens With Antibiogram In Animal Population Of Peshawar, Pakistan, Rafiullah Rafiullah, Mirza Ali Khan, Muhammad Shafee, Ali Akbar, Anwar Ali, Muhammad Shoaib, Faiza Ashraf, Naimatullah Khan
Occurrence Of Mastitis And Associated Pathogens With Antibiogram In Animal Population Of Peshawar, Pakistan, Rafiullah Rafiullah, Mirza Ali Khan, Muhammad Shafee, Ali Akbar, Anwar Ali, Muhammad Shoaib, Faiza Ashraf, Naimatullah Khan
The Thai Journal of Veterinary Medicine
Mastitis is a devastating disease of dairy animals in Pakistan that occurs in clinical and subclinical forms. Various bacterial pathogens are associated with mastitis and the susceptibility of these pathogens remains inconsistent to various antibacterial drugs. This study was aimed to assess the prevalence of mastitis in and around the city of Peshawar, Pakistan. A total of 2,791 milk samples (Bovine, Ovine and Caprine) were subjected to White side test and Surf field mastitis test. Positive milk samples for mastitis were cultured on different selective culture media for identification of prevalent bacterial pathogens. Antibiogram of these organisms was evaluated against …