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- Title
Prevalence of selected virulence factors of Staphylococcus aureus isolated in bovine mastitis in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province- Iran.
- Authors
Rozbahan, Behnam; Esfandabadi, Naser Shams; Kadivar, Ali; Mokhtari, Azam; Davoodian, Najmeh
- Abstract
It has been determined that there is a direct relationship between the severity of mastitis and the virulence factors produced by bacterial agents. Identifying bacterial virulence factors is neccecary for designing suitable vaccines against mastitis. The aim of the present study was molecular diagnosis of selected virulence factors of endemic isolates of S. aureus involved in bovine mastitis. A total of 180 milk samples were collected from cows with clinical (37 samples, 20.6%) and subclinical (143 samples, 79.4%) mastitis from 8 semi-industrial dairy farms of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province, Iran. After culture and purification, coagulase, catalase and oxidase tests were performed. DNA was extracted from S. aureus suspected colonies. Final confirmation was performed using PCR test on the specific 23S rRNA gene of the bacteria. Thirty one (17.22%) out of the 180 collected samples were found to be positive for S. aureus by PCR, of which 2 cases were related to clinical mastitis and 29 cases were related to subclinical mastitis. The highest frequency of virulence genes was related to the Coa gene (90.32%), followed by ClfB (87.09%), LukD, and fnbB (80.64%), LukE (77.41%), fnbA (74.19%), Hla (48.38%). The lowest frequency was related to the Hlb gene (45.16%). Based on the obtained results, the diagnosis of the virulence factors of S. aureus has the potential of being used in the development of vaccines for the prevention of mastitis.
- Subjects
DISEASE prevalence; STAPHYLOCOCCUS aureus; BOVINE mastitis; MOLECULAR diagnosis; MOLECULAR biology
- Publication
Iranian Veterinary Journal, 2024, Vol 20, Issue 1, p97
- ISSN
1735-6873
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.22055/IVJ.2024.415896.2634