Research Article

Detection of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Clinical and Subclinical Mastitis in Ruminants and Studying the Effect of Novel Green Synthetized Nanoparticles as One of the Alternative Treatments

Table 5

Evaluation of S. aureus and MRSA causing mastitis in animals by multiplex PCR and AST.

Dairy animalsNo. of +ve S. aureusMRSA by AST (%)MRSA by multiplex PCR (%)

Cows94 (44.4)3 (33.3)
Buffaloes73 (42.8)2 (28.5)
Sheep125 (41.6)5 (41.6)
Goats104 (40)4 (40)
Total3816 (42.1)14 (36.8)