Milk Safety Assessment, Isolation, and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Profile of<i> Staphylococcus aureus</i> in Selected Dairy Farms of Mukaturi and Sululta Town, Oromia Region, Ethiopia

<table class="fixed-width table-group" id="tab4"><tr><td><table class="table"><colgroup><col style="width:6.26em"/><col style="width:10.87em"/><col style="width:14.11em"/></colgroup><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Sample type</td><td class="align_center">Total samples examined</td><td class="align_center">Number of positive samples (%)</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Milk sample</td><td class="align_center">183</td><td class="align_center">28 (15.3)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Hand swab</td><td class="align_center">24</td><td class="align_center">6 (25)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Bucket swab</td><td class="align_center">30</td><td class="align_center">6 (20)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Towel swab</td><td class="align_center">10</td><td class="align_center">1 (10)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"><i>Total</i></td><td class="align_center"><i>247</i></td><td class="align_center"><i>41 (16.6)</i></td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Percentage of <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> isolate from raw milk and swab samples.</div>

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Table 4: Milk Safety Assessment, Isolation, and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Profile of<i> Staphylococcus aureus</i> in Selected Dairy Farms of Mukaturi and Sululta Town, Oromia Region, Ethiopia 

Table 4 | Milk Safety Assessment, Isolation, and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Profile of Staphylococcus aureus in Selected Dairy Farms of Mukaturi and Sululta Town, Oromia Region, Ethiopia 