Table 2.

Microorganisms detected by multiplex PCR from mastitic milk

Causative microorganisms	Observations in Sahiwal (n = 60)	Observations in Murrah (n = 57)	Total observations (n = 117)
S. aureus	7	5	12
S. aureus/S. epidermidis	1	1	2
S. aureus/S. agalactiae	7	–	7
S. aureus/S. dysgalactiae	1	–	1
S. aureus/S. uberis	2	21	23
S. aureus/S. epidermidis/S. uberis	1	–	1
S. aureus/S. epidermidis/S. agalactiae/S. uberis	2	–	2
S. aureus/S. agalactiae/S. uberis	22	6	28
S. epidermidis	–	2	2
S. epidermidis/S. agalactiae	1	–	1
S. epidermidis/S. agalactiae/S. uberis	1	–	1
S. agalactiae	–	1	1
S. uberis	1	1	2
S. agalactiae/S. uberis	1	2	3
Other staphylococcal sp.	4	5	9
Other staphylococcal sp./S. agalactiae	1	2	3
Other staphylococcal sp./S. uberis	–	6	6
Other staphylococcal sp./S. uberis/S. agalactiae	6	5	11
Microbes other than streptococci and staphylococci	–	2	2