Efficacy of lactoferrin on some mastitogenic bacteria

ABSTRACT

Organisms isolated from subclinical cases of mastitis, staphylococcus aureus; Escherichia coli, pseudomonas aeruginosa, proteus vulgaris and klebsiella pneumoniae were examined for their susceptibility to lacto ferrin. Using a disc assay, minimum inhibitory concentrations of apo-lactoferrin ranging from 0.1 to 0.8 mg/ml among the strains, while saturated lactoferrin did not alter the grwth of the tested bacteria