STAPHYLOCOCCt tN AMMALS. CHARACTERİsTtCS, DtST. RtBUTtON AND tTS PUBLtC HEALTH StGNtFtCANCE.

Abstract

SunılUary: 133 staphyloeoeei isolated from various specimcm of different speeies of domestic animals wc re studied from the stand point of their properties and ditribution. İn addition, a brief diseussion of the publie health signifieanee of staphyloeoeeie infeetion whieh has deınonstrated zoonotie assoeİation wa~ presented. Majority of the isolates weee recovered from pus abeesses from horse, eattle, dog and eat. Limited ııumber of staphyloeoeei were obtanied from samples of vaginal diseharge, syno\'ial f1l1id and milk. All of these speeimens were reeeived from the clinies of Veterinary Faeulty. '27 strains out of 133 staphyloeoeei were isolated from livers. heart blood, kidney aııd affeeted joints of ekieken's. More strains of Staphyloeoeeus aureus were recovered than of Staphyloeoeus albus from these speeimens. İt was found that Si isolates produeed golden-eoloured, Alpha or Bet,ı hamol)'tie eolonies on sheef blood agar and eoagulated rabbiı plasma. 27 strains also produeed golden-eoloııred eolonies and were eoagulase pasiıive, bul did nol produee haemolysis. 20 strains pradueed white and Beta-haemolytie eolonies, bul they were eoagulascpositive. Caagıılase negatif 35 strains produeed white and nonhaemolytie eolanies.

Keywords

• animals
• health
• public

References

1. Ankara Üniversitesi Veteriner Fakültesi Dergisi