Prevalence of and genes in coagulase negative staphylococci isolated from bovine mastitis in smallholder dairy farms in Turkey.

This study aimed to investigate the presence of and genes in coagulase negative (CNS) species isolated from bovine mastitis in smallholder dairy farms by using PCR. A total of 602 mammary quarter milk samples belong to 170 cows with mastitis were used. Identification of species was achieved by using the commercial Gram-positive identification kit and a total of 52 (8.