PHAGE TYPING OF STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS ISOLATED FROM DAIRY COWS IN EGYPT | ||||
Veterinary Medical Journal (Giza) | ||||
Volume 44, Issue 1, January 1996, Page 85-93 PDF (5.7 MB) | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/vmjg.1996.376461 | ||||
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Authors | ||||
GAD EL SAID* 1; MONA EL-SHABRAWY2; EL-SAGEER .3; JAKEEN EL-JAKEE1 | ||||
1Fac. of Vet. Med. Cairo University. | ||||
2Fac. of Vet. Med. Cairo University | ||||
3National Research Center | ||||
Abstract | ||||
Phage typing occupies an interesting and important capital in this work. This review records observations of phage typing of S. aureus strains obtained during this investigation from mastitis and normal milk of dairy cows. (using the basic international set of 21 phages, which also includes 8 phages of Davidson recommended bovine set (1972). A total of 103 S. aureus cultures (60 mastitis and 43 normal milk) were subjected to phage typing using phages at routine test dilution (RTD). In the current study 58.3% of cultures were typable. It is interesting to mention that phage 42D of GIV was dominant and capable of lysing the largest number of cultures. There were 16 recognizable phage patterns in mastitis and 6 in normal milk S. aureus strains. The phage patterns were made up of phages form groups. 1 III, Iv and none from group. II. | ||||
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