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Research Journal of Microbiology

Year: 2007 | Volume: 2 | Issue: 2 | Page No.: 198-200
DOI: 10.17311/jm.2007.198.200
Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Bacterial Isolates from Sheep Colostrum in Tamil Nadu State (India)
N. R. Sundaresan, K. Sukumar, K. Rajukumar, K. Nagarajan, S. Jaganathan and N. Dorairajan

Abstract: Hence aim of present investigation was to assess the possible bacterial contaminants in sheep colostrum. Colostrum samples collected from hundred randomly selected ewes in six villages were analysed for their bacterial status and their antibiotic sensitivity pattern. A total of five different species of bacteria were isolated. Coagulase negative Staphylococci pyogenes (13.3%) was the most frequently isolated bacteria, followed by Streptococcus faecalis (3.3%), Proteus vulgaris, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Klebsiella pneumoniae (1.6% each). All the isolates were sensitive to chloromphenicol, gentamicin and enrofloxacin while being resistant to oxytetracycline.

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N. R. Sundaresan, K. Sukumar, K. Rajukumar, K. Nagarajan, S. Jaganathan and N. Dorairajan, 2007. Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Bacterial Isolates from Sheep Colostrum in Tamil Nadu State (India). Research Journal of Microbiology, 2: 198-200.

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