Detection of Weissella spp. in milk samples of two dairy cows with clinical mastitis. A case report

作者：Wald Regina^*; Baumgartner Martina; Urbantke Verena; Wittek Thomas; Stessl Beatrix

来源：Tieraerztliche Praxis Ausgabe Grosstiere Nutztiere, 2016, 44(5): 307-312.

DOI：10.15653/TPG-160047

• Weissella paramesenteroides
• Weissella cibaria
• lactic acid bacteria
• mastitis

This case report describes the isolation and differentiation of Weissella (W.) spp. from the milk of two cows (A and B) with clinical mastitis (milk changes, asymmetry of the udder and increased somatic cell counts). Quarter milk samples obtained from two dairy cows of different farms had been submitted to the diagnostic laboratory of the Clinic for Ruminants in Vienna for bacteriological examination. Alphahemolytic catalase-negative gram-positive cocci in pure culture on Columbia blood agar were isolated and could not be assigned to a Lancefield group. The isolates were biochemically characterized as Leuconostoc spp. (API (R) 20 Strep, bioMerieux). A control examination of cow B within 7 weeks confirmed these findings. 16S rDNA sequencing indicated W. paramesenteroides (cow A) and W. cibaria (cow B). The analysis by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) showed identical Smal/Apal profiles for both W. cibaria isolates (cow B), which differed from the W. paramesenteroides fingerprint of cow A (67% similarity). This study indicates a possible relationship between the detection of Weissella spp. and the occurrence of bovine intramammary infections.

• 出版日期2016