Characterization of Staphylococcus aureus isolates in milk and the milking environment from small-scale dairy farms of Sao Paulo, Brazil, using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis

Lee, S. H. I.
Camargo, C. H.
Goncalves, J. L.
Cruz, A. G.
Sartori, B. T.
Machado, M. B.
Oliveira, C. A. F.

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January 2013

Publisher

Elsevier BV

Abstract

This research aimed to evaluate the occurrence of Staphylococcus aureus isolates in milk and in the milking environment of 10 small-scale farms (<400 L/d) located in the regions of Franca and Ribeirao Preto, state of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Two-hundred twenty samples of milk were collected from individual cows, along with 120 samples from bulk tank milk, 389 samples from milking equipment and utensils (teat cups, buckets, and sieves), and 120 samples from milkers' hands. Fifty-six Staph. aureus strains were isolated from 849 analyzed samples (6.6%): 12 (5.5%) from milk samples of individual cows, 26 (21.7%) from samples of bulk tank milk, 14 (3.6%) from samples collected from equipment and utensils, and 4 (3.3%) from samples from milkers' hands....

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Characterization of Staphylococcus aureus isolates in milk and the milking environment from small-scale dairy farms of Sao Paulo, Brazil, using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis

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Characterization of Staphylococcus aureus isolates in milk and the milking environment from small-scale dairy farms of Sao Paulo, Brazil, using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis

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