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In vitro antimicrobial susceptibility of Mycoplasma mycoides mycoides large colony and Arcanobacterium pyogenes isolated from clinical cases of ulcerative balanitis and vulvitis in Dorper sheep in South Africa
Journal of the South African Veterinary Association | Vol 76, No 4 | a427 |
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/jsava.v76i4.427
| © 2005 A. Kidanemariam, J. Gouws, M. Van Vuuren, B. Gummow
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Submitted: 15 June 2005 | Published: 15 June 2005
Submitted: 15 June 2005 | Published: 15 June 2005
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A. Kidanemariam,J. Gouws,
M. Van Vuuren,
B. Gummow,
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The in vitro activities of enrofloxacin, florfenicol, oxytetracycline and spiramycin were determined against field isolates of Mycoplasma mycoides mycoides large colony (MmmLC) by means of the broth microdilution technique. The minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) of these antimicrobial drugs were determined for a representative number of 10 isolates and 1 type strain. The susceptibility of Arcanobacterium pyogenes to enrofloxacin, oxytetracycline and tilmicosin was determined by means of an agar disk diffusion test. The MICs of enrofloxacin, florfenicol, oxytetracycline and spiramycin were within the ranges of 0.125-0.5, 1.0-2.0, 2.0-4.0 and 4.0-8.0 µg / m , respectively. This study has shown that resistance of MmmLC against enrofloxacin, florfenicol, oxytetracycline and spiramycin was negligible. All the field strains of A. pyogenes that were tested were susceptible to enrofloxacin, oxytetracycline and tilmicosin with mean inhibition zones of 30.6, 42.3 and 35.8mm, respectively. Although there is lack of data on in vivo efficacy and in vitro MIC or inhibition zone diameter breakpoints of these antimicrobial drugs for MmmLC, the MIC results indicate that these 4 classes of antimicrobial drugs should be effective in the treatment of ulcerative balanitis and vulvitis in sheep in South Africa.
Keywords
Arcanobacterium Pyogenes; Dorper Sheep; Minimum Inhibitory Concentrations; Mycoplasma Mycoides Mycoides; Ulcerative Balanoposthitis And Vulvovaginitis
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