OCCURANCE OF ENTEROCOCCI IN MILK WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS | ||||
| Kafrelsheikh Veterinary Medical Journal | ||||
| Article 8, Volume 10, Issue 1, April 2012, Page 127-135 PDF (445.93 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/kvmj.2012.112052 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Ahmed M. Ammar* 1; Salwa M. Helmy2; Soad A. Abd El-Wanis3; Mayada A. Muhammed4 | ||||
| 1Microbiology Dept., Fac. of Vet. Med., Zagazig Univ., Egypt. | ||||
| 2Bacteriol., Mycol., & Immunol, Dept., Fac. Vet. Med., Kafrelsheikh Univ., Egypt. | ||||
| 3Animal Health Research Institute (Dokki, Giza Lab. ) | ||||
| 4Animal Health Research Institute (Kafrelsheikh Lab. ) | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| A total of 115 unheated milk samples (61 street peddlers samples and54 farmers milk samples), were collected from various localities in Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate (Egypt). The samples were examined bacteriologically for enterococci with percentages of (100% of street peddlers samples and 62.96% of farmers milk samples) while The percentage of Enterococcus strains in positive samples were [ (100%) for Ent. faecalis, (21.31%) for Ent. faecium and (16.39%) for Ent. durans] in street peddlers samples and [(100%) for Ent. faecalis, (23.53%) for Ent. faecium and (5.88%) for Ent. durans] in farmers milk samples. Amplification of 185 bp fragment specific for the groES gene of Enterococcus faecalis used for confirmation of its identification. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Enterococci; milk | ||||
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