National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692 Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
The present study was focused on to determine the presence of S. aureus in milk and milk products and also to determine the resistance against methicillin. During this study it was found that there was high presence of S. aureus as well as MRSA in milk and milk products (curd, cheese and ice-cream). Out of 130 isolates only 60 (46.15%) samples were positive for S. aureus of which, 29 (22.30%) were phenotypically MRSA. S. aureus prevalence in milk was 15/25 (60%), 13/25 (52%) and 6/10 (60%) in cow, buffalo and goat respectively. Out of 34 S. aureus milk isolates, 15(44.1%) were MRSA positive. Prevalence of S. aureus in curd was 12/30 (40%), in cheese was 6/25 (24%) and in ice-cream was 8/15 (53.33%). The presence of Staphylococcus aureus strains in milk and milk products needs special attention towards public health hazards.
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