TY - JOUR AU - Hawari, Azmi D. AU - Obeidat, Maher AU - Awaisheh, Saddam Sh. AU - Al-Daghistani, Hala I. AU - Al-Abbadi, Amal A. AU - Omar, Sharaf S. AU - Qrunfleh, Issam M. AU - Al-Dmoor, Hanee M. AU - El-Qudah, Jafar PY - 2014 TI - PREVALENCE OF MASTITIS PATHOGENS AND THEIR RESISTANCE AGAINST ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS IN AWASSI SHEEP IN AL-BALQA PROVINCE OF JORDAN JF - American Journal of Animal and Veterinary Sciences VL - 9 IS - 2 DO - 10.3844/ajavsp.2014.116.121 UR - https://thescipub.com/abstract/ajavsp.2014.116.121 AB - The primary objective of this study was to establish data on mastitis in Awassi Sheep in Al-Balqa Province of Jordan. Milk samples were collected from 260 lactating ewes that selected randomly from eight flocks. California Mastitis Test (CMT) gave result with 220 milk samples; 122 samples (55.5%) showed positive CMT. Infection with some bacterial species was associated with positive CMT. About 26% of the ewes revealed clinical signs of mastitis. The highest percentage of bacterial count, which range from 3×102 to