Topic: isolation, identification and antibiogram of staphylococcus aureus isolated from cow meat

Project Abstract

<p> </p><div><p>The study was carried out with aim to isolate <em>Staphylococcus aureus</em>&nbsp;from cow meat and determine the antibiogram pattern of <em>S. aureus</em>. Three samples of cow meat from three different locations (Gwagwalada market, Abattoir market and <em>Kasuan Dare</em>) in Gwagwalada were collected to isolate <em>S. aureus</em>&nbsp;from the samples. The organisms isolated were <em>Salmonella spp</em>, <em>Escherichia coli</em>, <em>Staphylococcus</em>&nbsp;<em>aureus</em>&nbsp;and <em>Listeria monocytogenes</em>. Several biochemical tests were carried out to identify, the <em>S. aureus</em>&nbsp;isolates like Catalse test (positive), Manitol test (positive), Coagulase test (positive) and Oxidase test (negative). The antibiogram pattern of <em>S. aureus</em>&nbsp;was evaluated using commercially prepared disk. The antibiotics tested were Pefloxacin (Pef), Streptomycin (S), Ampiclox (Apx), Amoxacilin (Am) and Ciprofloxacin. The pattern indicated that the overall <em>S.</em>&nbsp;<em>aureus </em>were resistant to Pef, S, Cpx and less resistant to Am and Apx. Results clearly suggested a possibility of potential public health threat of <em>S. aureus</em>&nbsp;resulting from contamination of cow meat with pathogenic bacteria which is mainly due to unhygienic processing, handling, and unhygienic environment.</p><p></p></div><h3></h3><br> <br><p></p>

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