Vol. 9, Issue 1, Part H (2024)

Author(s): Pankaj Mangal, Munesh Kumar Pushp, Tushar Maharishi and Ashok Prajapat

Abstract: Abundance pathogenic bacteria, including non-typhoid Salmonella serovars, Escherichia coli, and Staphylococcus aureus, are found in pork and represent a risk to human health as well as potential sources of infection. Pork can transfer a large variety of microorganisms to humans, although few of them are expected to have a significant effect on public health. Fifty raw pork samples were collected from different retail meat outlets in Bikaner city for this investigation, and they were evaluated for isolation, identification and antibiotic sensitivity test of Staphylococcus aureus. Thirty six of the 50 raw pork samples were positive (72.0%) for Staphylococcus aureus. 13 (41.67%) of the thirty-six Staphylococcus aureus isolates from pig samples were coagulase positive, while 21 (58.33%) were coagulase negative. All 36 Staphylococcus aureus isolates were subjected to antibiotics sensitivity test with eleven various types of antibiotics. Isolates of Staphylococcus aureus exhibited great resistance to Penicillin-G and vancomycin and maximal sensitivity to ciprofloxacin and sulpha triad.