Table 2.
Antibiotic-resistance profiles of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from milk originating from Hawassa area, South Ethiopia (n = 78)
|
Sample source of milk |
Antibiotic resistance (%) |
||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PG | AP | AC | CIP | E | CRO | TMP | Ox | VA | |
| Teat |
64.3 |
64.3 |
14.3 |
0.0 |
21.4 |
14.3 |
7.1 |
57.1 |
57.1 |
| Bucket at farm level |
35.0 |
35.0 |
10.0 |
0.0 |
10.0 |
5.0 |
0.0 |
15.0 |
70.0 |
| From storage containers at milk collection center |
71.4 |
71.4 |
14.3 |
0.0 |
19.0 |
9.5 |
0.0 |
66.7 |
57.1 |
| From transportation container |
100 |
100 |
94.1 |
0.0 |
88.2 |
76.5 |
23.5 |
100 |
23.5 |
| After cooling at the pasteurization plant | 83.3 | 83.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 83.3 | 50.0 |
Note: Percentages were calculated by dividing the number confirmed as S. aureus resistant in a particular sample source by the total number of isolates tested.