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- Title
Mastite por leveduras em bovinos leiteiros do Sul do Estado de Minas Gerais, Brasil.
- Authors
da Costa, Geraldo Márcio; da Silva, Nivaldo; Rosa, Carlos Augusto; de Figueiredo, Henrique César Pereira; Pereira, Ulisses de Pádua
- Abstract
The objective of this study was to report the frequency of intramammary infections by yeasts, in Minas Gerais State, from milk samples (n = 1710) collected in 40 dairy herds. Fifty six yeast strains of the genus Candida and one strain of Trichosporon loubieri were isolated. Candida albicans was the dominant species (28.1% of the strains), followed by Candida parapsilosis (19.3%), Candida catenulata (14.0%), Candida glabrata (14.0%), Candida tropicalis (8.8%). Mixed infections were detected in 29.8% of yeast-positive cows. The yeast infection was more frequent (84%) in cows with subclinical mastitis. The low rate of isolation of yeasts suggests that these microorganisms are not relevant to bovine mastitis in the studied region.
- Subjects
MINAS Gerais (Brazil); BRAZIL; MASTITIS; CATTLE diseases; CANDIDA; YEAST; MICROORGANISMS
- Publication
Ciência Rural, 2008, Vol 38, Issue 7, p1938
- ISSN
0103-8478
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/S0103-84782008000700021