Molecular characteristics and antimicrobial susceptibility profiles of bovine mastitis agents in western Türkiye.

Importance: Identifying bovine mastitis agents using molecular methods to reveal their phylogenetic relationships and antimicrobial resistance profiles is essential for developing up-to-date databases in mastitis cases that cause severe economic losses.

Objective: This study examined bacterial mastitis agents in cows with clinical and subclinical mastitis observed in various dairy cattle farms to reveal their phylogenetic relationships and antibiotic resistance properties.

Methods: Sixty-two clinical and subclinical bovine mastitis milk samples were collected from 15 dairy farms.