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Epidemiological Features, Biochemical Indices, Antibiogram Susceptibility Profile and Biofilm Factor Genes of Klebsiella pneumoniae Isolated from Bovine Clinical Mastitis Cases
 
Ayman Ahmed Shehata1, Eman Beshry Abd-Elfatah1, Hend E.M. Elsheik1, Asmaa lbrahim Abdelaziz Zin Eldin2, Marwa B Salman3, Ahmed Shehta4, Safaa I Khater5 and Mahran Mohamed Abd El-Emam5*
 

1 Department of Animal Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zagazig University, El-Shohada, Moawwad, Qesm Awel AZ Zagazig, 44511, Egypt. 2Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Veterinary Research Institute, National Research Centre. Post Box 12622, El Bohouth str.Dokki.Cairo, Egypt. 3Department of zoonotic diseases. National Research Centre. Post Box 12622, El Bohouth str.Dokki.Cairo, Egypt. 4 Department of Animal Medicine, Internal medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zagazig University, El-Shohada, Moawwad, Qesm Awel AZ Zagazig, 44511, Egypt. 5Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zagazig University, El-Shohada, Moawwad, Qesm Awel AZ Zagazig, 44511, Egypt.
*Corresponding author: mahranmohamed1234@gmail.com

Abstract   

Bovine mastitis, a growing issue in dairy farms, with Klebsiella species being associated with severe mastitis. This study was designed to evaluate the prevalence, biochemical changes, antibiogram susceptibility profile, and biofilm-producing capacity of Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated from Holstein cows with clinical mastitis at a private farm in Alexandria, Egypt. The overall isolation rate of Klebsiella species was 28%, which was further characterized by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) targeting the 16S-23S internal transcribed spacer gene as K. pneumoniae. Clinical mastitis significantly impacted milk composition and blood biochemistry, causing a decline in milk composition, reduction of antioxidant capacity, and increased enzymatic levels compared to normal controls. K. pneumoniae isolates showed 100% resistance to beta-lactam antibiotics, followed by resistance rates of 57, 43 and 43% to chloramphenicol, streptomycin, and sulfamethoxazole–trimethoprim, respectively, while ciprofloxacin and ceftriaxone showed complete susceptibility. The study found that all K. pneumoniae strains expressed the fimA, mrkA, and mrkD fimbrial genes, and the ecpA gene. The study highlights the high prevalence of multidrug-resistant and biofilm-producing K. pneumoniae strains in bovine clinical mastitis, emphasizing the need for improved antimicrobial usage and antibiofilm approaches to overcome the poor treatment response, as well as measuring antioxidant level and enzymatic activity in milk improved milk health screening.

To Cite This Article: Shehata AA, Abd-Elfatah EB, Elsheikh HEM, Eldin AlAZ, Salman MB, Shehta A, Khater SI and El-Emam MMA, 2024. Epidemiological features, biochemical indices, antibiogram susceptibility profile, and biofilm factor genes of Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated from bovine clinical mastitis cases. Pak Vet J, 44(1): 141-147. http://dx.doi.org/10.29261/pakvetj/2024.130  

 
   
 

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