A total of 202 animal samples (167 milk and 35 pus/exudate samples from cattle and buffalo) were collected and examined from dairy cattle and buffaloes. Simultaneously, 100 nasal swabs were collected from the closely associated personnel and farm workers. Out of these, the Staphylococcus spp. were isolated from86 () animal and 62 (62%) human samples. | Molecular characterization of major types of staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) in methicillin-resistant staphylococci (MRS) from animal and human origin
