Table 2 Enterococcus spp. from bulk tank samples from September 2017 to September 2019 in ten Brazilian dairy herds identified by MALDI-TOF MS

Enterococcus casseliflavus

4

1

1

1

7

Enterococcus durans

1

1

1

3

Enterococcus faecalis

16

12

31

35

11

18

23

8

20

1

175

Enterococcus faecium

3

3

3

2

1

12

Enterococcus gallinarum

1

1

2

Enterococcus hirae

1

11

11

2

3

4

7

39

Enterococcus mundtii

1

3

1

1

1

1

8

Enterococcus saccharolyticus

2

1

1

2

1

1

2

2

12

Total

19

14

54

54

14

22

27

13

31

10

258

%

7.4

5.4

20.9

20.9

5.4

8.5

10.4

5.0

12.0

3.9