Portal de Periódicos da CAPES

Artigo Produção Nacional Revisado por pares

BIBTEX RIS

MASTITE CLÍNICA EM BOVINO CAUSADA POR Prototheca zopfii NO ESTADO DO CEARÁ

2011; University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Brno; Volume: 4; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.21708/avb.2010.4.4.1893

1801-7576

Raimundo Neilson de Lima Amorim, Antonio Odair Gonçalves de Souza, Paulo Moisés Lima, Francisco Silvestre Brilhante Bezerra, Nilza Dutra Alves, Francisco Marlon Carneiro Feijó,

Animal Diversity and Health Studies

We report a case of clinical mastitis caused by Prototheca zopfii (unicellular algae) in the municipality of Iguatu, Ceara. A Holstein cow weighted 500 kg and was 4 years old, with dairy milk production of 18 liters, and was created under intensive system. The main clinical signs observed in the front right quarter, with drop in milk production and presence of flocks in the wired cup test. Two samples of milk were collected from the animals and sent to Laboratorio de Microbiologia Veterinaria at UFERSA. The samples were streaked on Sabouraud agar and incubated under aerobic conditions for 48 hours at 37 o C. After 72 hours the colonies had presented a diameter varying between 3 and 6 mm and irregular edges with central elevation. An antibiogram was also performed, and revealed resistance to all antibiotics tested: getamicin (10mg), chloramphenicol (30 mg), ceftriaxone (30 mg), cefoxitin (30 mg), vancomycin (30 mg), polymyxin (300mg), novobicin (30mg), streptomycin (10mg) and cephalothin (30mg). Keywords: Bovine mastitis, Prototheca, algae, antibiogram.