@article{article_617025, title={Prevalence of Methicillin Resistance and Panton-Valentine Leukocidin Genes in Staphylococci Isolated from Pirlak Sheep with Subclinical Mastitis in Turkey}, journal={Kocatepe Veterinary Journal}, volume={12}, pages={424–429}, year={2019}, DOI={10.30607/kvj.617025}, author={Şeker, Esra and Özenç, Erhan and Baki Acar, Duygu and Yılmaz, Müesser}, keywords={Mastitis,Methicillin Resistance,Panton-Valentine Leukocidin,Sheep,Staphylococci}, abstract={<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"> <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Garamond, serif;">This study aimed to
investigate the presence of <i>mecA </i> and <i>pvl </i> genes in 47 Staphylococci previously
isolated from 464 half-udder milk samples belong to 235 Pirlak sheep screening
for subclinical mastitis. The species from Pirlak sheep used in the present
study included: 13 <i>S. aureus </i>, 13 <i>S. epidermidis </i>, six <i>S. xylosus </i>, five <i>S.
chromogenes </i>, three <i>S. simulans </i>,
three <i>S. hyicus </i>, two <i>S. warneri </i>, one <i>S. lentus </i> and one <i>S.
saprophyticus </i>. A total of 10 strains (21.3%) were determined to harbour <i>mecA </i> gene, of these, two (4.2%) also
contained <i>pvl </i> gene. The strains
carrying <i>mecA </i> gene were found to be <i>S. aureus </i> (3/13), <i>S. xylosus </i> (3/6), <i>S. epidermidis </i>
(2/13), <i>S. lentus </i> (1/1) and <i>S. hyicus </i> (1/3). The presence of <i>pvl </i> gene was determined in a total of
eight strains (17.0%), six (12.8%) of these were alone. Of <i>pvl </i> positive strains, three, three, one, and one were <i>S. aureus </i>, <i>S. xylosus </i>, <i>S. simulans </i>
and <i>S. hyicus </i>, respectively. To our
knowledge, this is the first study showing the presence of <i>mecA </i> and <i>pvl </i> genes in the
Staphylococci isolated from Pirlak sheep with subclinical mastitis in Turkey.  </span> </p> <p> </p>}, number={4}, publisher={Afyon Kocatepe University}