Journal
JOURNAL OF DAIRY SCIENCE
Volume 84, Issue 5, Pages 1140-1148Publisher
AMER DAIRY SCIENCE ASSOC
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(01)74574-2
Keywords
multiplex; PCR; diagnosis; mastitis
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To improve diagnosis of mastitis in dairy cattle, a multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay was developed for the simultaneous detection of the four major bacterial causes of bovine mastitis, Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus agalactiae, Streptococcus dysgalactiae, and Streptococcus uberis. The target sequence was the 16S to 23S rRNA spacer regions. The performance of the assay was examined with 117 milk samples collected from a subclinically infected herd, and the diagnostic specificities and sensitivities of the multiplex PCR were compared with conventional culture. PCR was significantly more sensitive than culture for detection of S. aureus and S. uberis, but there were no significant differences in sensitivities between PCR and culture for the detection of S. agalactiae and S. dysgalactiae. The results suggest that this multiplex PCR assay could be used as an alternative method in routine diagnosis for rapid, sensitive, and specific simultaneous detection of S. aureus, S. agalactiae, S. dysgalactiae, and S. uberis in milk samples.
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