ISSN 2756-3294
African Journal of Botany ISSN 2756-3294 Vol. 8 (4), pp. 001-008, April, 2020. © International Scholars Journals
Full Length Research Paper
New approach in diagnosis and treatment of Bovine Mycotic Mastitis in Egypt
Khaled A. Abd El-Razik1*, Khaled A. Abdelrahman2, Sherein I. Abd El-Moez3,5 and Enas N. Danial4,6
1Animal Reproduction Department, National Research Center (NRC), Dokki, Giza, Egypt.
2Parasitology and animal Diseases Department, National Research Center (NRC), Dokki, Giza, Egypt.
3Microbiology and Immunology Department, National Research Center (NRC), Dokki, Giza, Egypt.
4Department of Chemistry of Natural and Microbial Products, National Research Center (NRC), Dokki, Giza, Egypt.
5Food Risk Analysis Group- Center of Excellence for Advanced Sciences, Dokki, Giza, Egypt.
6Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Girls Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Accepted 18 November, 2019
Abstract
In the present study, 123 collective milk samples from 71 cattle and 52 buffaloes suffering from clinical mastitis with no or poor response to treatment with conventional antibiotics were tested for mycotic mastitis using culture and multiplex PCR (m-PCR) methods. The overall positive percentage of Mycotic mastitis was 25.2 and 30.08% using culture and m-PCR respectively. Milk culture revealed 24 isolates of Candida albicans and 7 isolates of Aspergillus fumigatus. PCR succeeded to detect A. fumigatus from two samples and C. albicans out of four samples that were culturally negative. These yeast and fungi isolates were tested for their sensitivity toward different probiotic strains from different sources. Results revealed that Lactobacillus acidophilus isolated from goat colostrums followed by L. acidophilus isolated from mare colostrums showed the best antifungal activities against C. albicans followed by A. fumigatus, while, Lactobacillus plantarum and Bacillus subtilis had no effect. These results showed that Mycotic mastitis is an increasing problem due to the wide misuse of antibiotics as mastitis therapy. Antimicrobials should be used in mastitis in a careful way and effort most be encouraged to apply safe substitutes such as probiotics and bioactive natural compounds for prophylactic and therapeutic use.
Key words: Bovines, milk, mycotic mastitis, m-PCR, culture and probiotic.