Title

Diversity of Streptococcus agalactiaeand Staphylococcus aureus ribotypes recovered from New York dairy herds

Authors

A. L. Rivas
R. N. Gonzalez
M. Wiedmann
J. L. Bruce
E. M. Cole
G. J. Bennett
H. F. Schulte
David J. Wilson, Utah State UniversityFollow
H. O. Mohammed
C. A. Batt

Document Type

Article

Journal/Book Title/Conference

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volume

58

Issue

5

Publisher

NCBI

Publication Date

1997

First Page

482

Last Page

487

Abstract

OBJECTIVES:

To develop a reference database for characterization of bovine Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus agalactiae strains by automated ribotyping and to use it to assess the discriminatory power of this typing procedure and the geographic distribution of Sta aureus and Str agalactiae strains in New York state dairy herds.

SAMPLE POPULATION:

22 commercial dairy herds.

PROCEDURE:

Isolates of Sta aureus and Str agalactiae from bovine milk were identified by standard bacteriologic procedures, then typed by automated ribotyping. Antimicrobial susceptibility of isolates was tested in vitro. Two indicators made from the data were percentage of farms with multiple ribotypes and percentage of single ribotypes found in several geographic regions. Standard bacteriologic diagnosis, automated ribotyping, and determination of antibiograms (Kirby-Bauer method) also were done.

RESULTS:

Of 50 Sta aureus and 44 Str agalactiae isolates from composite milk samples of 12 and 10 herds, respectively, 18 and 14 ribotypes, respectively, were identified. The discriminatory power of automated ribotyping was approximately 0.96 (Hunter-Gaston's formula). A higher percentage of herds with Sta aureus had multiple ribotypes. The most common Sta aureus ribotypes tended to have broader geographic distribution. Some Sta aureus ribotypes were significantly associated with antibiotic resistance profiles.

CONCLUSIONS:

Automated ribotyping appears to characterize bovine strains of bacteria associated with intramammary infections with a high discriminatory index. Potential applications include identification of strains that appear to have broad geographic distribution suggesting interfarm transfer, discrimination between recurrent versus new intramammary infections (ie, for control of Str agalactiae and Sta aureus), and evaluation of antibiotic therapy.

Comments

Am J Vet Res 58:5:482-487, 1997

Recommended Citation

Rivas AL, Gonzalez RN, Wiedmann M, Bruce JL, Cole EM, Bennett GJ, Schulte HF, Wilson DJ, Mohammed HO, Batt CA: Diversity of Streptococcus agalactiae and Staphylococcus aureus ribotypes recovered from New York dairy herds. Am J Vet Res 58:5:482-487, 1997.