OCCURANCE OF ENTEROCOCCI IN MILK WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS

Ammar, Ahmed M.; Helmy, Salwa M.; Abd El-Wanis, Soad A.; Muhammed, Mayada A.

doi:10.21608/kvmj.2012.112052

OCCURANCE OF ENTEROCOCCI IN MILK WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS

Document Type : Original Article

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¹ Microbiology Dept., Fac. of Vet. Med., Zagazig Univ., Egypt.

² Bacteriol., Mycol., & Immunol, Dept., Fac. Vet. Med., Kafrelsheikh Univ., Egypt.

³ Animal Health Research Institute (Dokki, Giza Lab. )

⁴ Animal Health Research Institute (Kafrelsheikh Lab. )

10.21608/kvmj.2012.112052

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.

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