Table 1. Genetic and phenotypic characteristics of the methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates obtained in this study.

Isolate	Abottior code	Farm code	Date of sampling	ST	spa type	SCCmec type	Hemolysin genes	pvl	czrC	Antimicrobial resistance profile	MIC of ZnCl2 (mM)
a-1	a	fa	May 8	398	t034	V	α, β, γ, δ	―	+	ABPC, TC, TMP	4
b-1	a	fb	May 22	398	t034	V	α, β, γ, δ	―	+	ABPC, TC, TMP	4
b-2	a	fb	May 22	398	t034	V	α, β, γ, δ	―	+	ABPC, TC, TMP	4
c-1	a	fc	May 22	398	t011	V	α, β, γ, δ	―	+	ABPC, TC, EM, TMP	4
c-2	a	fc	May 22	398	t011	V	α, β, γ, δ	―	+	ABPC, TC, EM, TMP	4
d-1	a	fd	September 13	398	t034	V	α, β, γ, δ	―	+	ABPC, TC, EM, TMP	4
e-1	a	fe	September 27	398	t034	V	α, β, γ, δ	―	+	ABPC, TC, EM, TMP	4
f-1	b	ff	May 22	398	t034	IVa	α, β, γ, δ	―	―	ABPC, TC, CP, TMP	1
f-2	b	ff	May 22	398	t034	IVa	α, β, γ, δ	―	―	ABPC, TC	1
g-1	b	fg	September 14	398	t034	V	α, β, γ, δ	―	+	ABPC, TC, TMP	4
g-2	b	fg	September 14	398	t034	V	α, β, γ, δ	―	+	ABPC, TC, TMP	4
h-1	b	fh	September 29	398	t034	IVa	α, β, γ, δ	―	―	ABPC, TC, CP, TMP	1
i-1	b	fi	October 13	398	t034	V	α, β, γ, δ	―	+	ABPC, TC, EM, TMP	4

SCCmec: Staphylococcal Cassette Chromosome mec, AST: sequence type, ABPC: ampicillin, TC: tetracycline, TMP: trimethoprim, EM: erythromycin, CP: chloramphenicol, MIC: minimum inhibitory concentrations.