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Table 2 Distribution of bacterial isolates [number (%)] from 285 milk samples collected from dairy cows in herds with either adequate or suboptimal housing

From: Prevalence of pathogens causing subclinical mastitis in 15 dairy herds in the Republic of Ireland

Farm

No. of samples

No. of Growth

Staph. aureus

Strep. uberis

Strep. agalactiae

Strep dysgalactiae.

Mixed

Coagulase-negative Staph.

Coliforms

Minor pathogens

Adequate housing

         

B

12

0

6 (50)

0

0

0

4 (33)

1 (13)

1 (13)

0

E

33

5 (15)

10 (30)

6 (18)

0

0

2 (6)

6 (18)

0

4 (12)

F

20

3 (15)

11 (55)

2 (10)

0

0

0

3 (15)

0

1 (5)

K

24

6 (25)

7 (29)

0

0

0

0

8 (33)

0

3 (13)

L

16

3 (19)

6 (38)

3 (19)

0

1 (6)

1 (6)

0

0

2 (13)

M

11

0

0

0

7 (64)

0

2 (18)

0

0

2 (18)

O

19

7 (37)

0

0

0

0

3 (16)

1 (5)

4 (21)

4 (21)

Total

135

24(17)

40 (30)

11 (8)

7 (11)

1 (1)

12 (9)

19 (14)

5 (4)

16 (12)

Suboptimal housing

         

A

36

14 (39)

1 (3)

13 (36)

0

1 (3)

0

1 (3)

0

6 (18)

C

13

3 (23)

0

9 (69)

0

0

0

0

1 (8)

0

D

10

2 (20)

2 (20)

4 (40)

0

0

1 (10)

0

0

1 (10)

G

6

3 (50)

1 (16)

1 (16)

0

0

1 (16)

0

0

0

H

6

1 (16)

3 (50)

0

0

0

1 (16)

1 (16)

0

0

I

31

13 (42)

5 (16)

8 (26)

0

0

0

0

2 (6)

3 (10)

J

37

14 (38)

7 (19)

7 (19)

0

2 (5)

2 (5)

1 (3)

2 (5)

2 (5)

N

11

3 (27)

2 (18)

0

0

2 (18)

1 (9)

1 (9)

0

2 (18)

Total

150

53 (35)

21 (14)

42 (28)

0

5 (3)

6 (4)

4 (3)

5 (3)

14 (9)

Total

285

77 (28)

61 (21)

53 (19)

7 (2)

6 (2)

16 (6)

26 (9)

9 (3)

26 (9)