MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION, DETERMINATION OF VIRULENCE GENES, AND ANTIMICROBIAL SUSCEPTIBILITY OF TRUEPERELLA PYOGENES IN BOVINE CLINICAL MASTITIS


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Yüksel H. T., Özavcı V., Kırkan Ş.

CATTLE PRACTICE, cilt.30, sa.12, ss.1-18, 2022 (SCI-Expanded)

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 30 Sayı: 12
  • Basım Tarihi: 2022
  • Dergi Adı: CATTLE PRACTICE
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), CAB Abstracts, Veterinary Science Database
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1-18
  • Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Bovine mastitis is a multifactorial disease that causes economic losses in the dairy industry on a global scale. n this study, the presence of Trueperella pyogenes and antibiotic resistance (ermX, ermB and tetW) and virulence factor were determined in 150 milk samples collected from cows of different breeds and ages with clinical mastitis in dairy farms located in İzmir province and its districts (Bayindir, Beydağı, Kiraz, Ödemiş, Tire). It was aimed to detect genes (plo, nanH, nanP, cbpA, fimA, fimC, fimE and fimG). The 17 of  T. pyogenes strains (11.3%) were isolated from a total of 150 samples by culture and biochemical tests from milk samples. 4 (23.5%) were evaluated as pure cultures, the other 13 (76.5%) isolates were obtained from mixed cultures. The virulence genes of plo, nanH, nanP and fimA were determined in all isolates. FimC, fimE, cbpA, fimG genes were detected in 13 (76.4%), 12 (70.5%), 12 (70.5%) and 11 (64.7%) isolates, respectively. Eight isolates had all 8 genes encoding virulence factors. In contrast, 2 isolates carried the fimA, plo, nanH and nanP genes. Macrolide resistance genes ermX and ermB were detected in 14 (82.3%) and 9 (52.9%) isolates, respectively. The tetracycline resistance gene tetW was not detected in all isolates. In the study, complete resistance was found for ampicillin, cefotaxime, and penicillin G (17/17; 100%), followed by kanamycin and tetracycline (9/17; 53%), respectively. Sensitivity was determined for trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole with the highest rate of 53% (9/17). As a result, clear evidence was obtained that the virulence factors and antibiotic resistance of Trueperella pyogenes agents play a role in bovine mastitis and various other infections.