China Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine ›› 2025, Vol. 52 ›› Issue (3): 1370-1382.doi: 10.16431/j.cnki.1671-7236.2025.03.038

• Basic Veterinary Medicine • Previous Articles    

Isolation,Identification,Drug Resistance Analysis,and Virulence Gene Detection of Staphylococcus aureus from a Large-scale Dairy Farm in Xinjiang

LI Yang1, XU Jingjing2, ZHANG Xiaoyu1, LI Nana1, YU Xingyu1, LENG Qingwen1, LI Yanfang1, QU Yonggang1   

  1. 1. College of Animal Science and Technology, Shihezi University, Shihezi 832000, China;
    2. Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Workstation of the 12th Division, Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, Urumqi 830009, China
  • Received:2024-06-10 Published:2025-02-22

Abstract: 【Objective】 The purpose of this experiment was to explore the drug resistance and virulence gene carrying of Staphylococcus aureus (S.aureus)in a large-scale dairy farm in Xinjiang,so as to provide a certain reference for the prevention and control of S.aureus in this farm.【Method】 In this study,milk samples were collected from the large-scale dairy farm,the bacteria were isolated and purified by plate scribing method,the strains were identified by S.aureus-specific primers,the antibiotic resistance phenotype of the isolate was analyzed by Kirby-Bauer method,and the antibiotic resistance and virulence genes were detected by PCR method.【Result】 The average isolation rate of S.aureus in 262 milk samples was 15.27% (40/262),of which 28.57% (10/35) in clinical mastitis milk samples,and 11.41% (17/149) and 16.67% (13/78) in recessive mastitis milk samples and healthy milk samples,respectively.5.00% (2/40) of the isolates were not detected with housekeeping genes (arcC,aroE,glpF,gmK,pta,tpi and yqil genes).The detection rate of virulence genes clfA,clfB and coa was high.There were 16 different virulence gene combinations.77.50% of the isolates were multidrug-resistant strains,and one strain was resistant to 14 drugs including vancomycin.The detection rates of lincoamide resistance gene linA (52.50%),quinolone resistance gene qnrA (50.00%),aminoglycoside resistance gene aacA-aphD (45.00%),erythromycin and clindamycin resistance gene ermC (40.00%) were higher in isolates.The antibiotic resistance phenotypes of five kinds of antibiotics such as chloramphenicol had a high degree of overlap with antibiotic resistance genes,while the antibiotic resistance phenotypes of three kinds of drugs,including β-lactams,had a low degree of overlap with the corresponding resistance genes.【Conclusion】The results indicated that the milk-derived S.aureus from the farm was generally antibiotic resistant,and the phenomenon of multiple antibiotic resistance was more serious.The results of this study provided a reference for the prevention and control of S.aureus in the farm.

Key words: dairy cow; Staphylococcus aureus; drug resistance; virulence gene

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