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Vaginal Bacterial Flora of Bitches During Different Stages of Reproductive Cycle

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Title Vaginal Bacterial Flora of Bitches During Different Stages of Reproductive Cycle
 
Creator Siddesh, R.
 
Contributor Honnappa, T.G.
Devaraj, M.
Krishnaswamy, A.
Shridhar, N.B.
 
Subject Vaginal Bacterial Flora of Bitches during different stages of Reproductive Cycle
 
Description Pg. Thesis
To investigate the association between vaginal bacterial flora during different
reproductive phases in bitch, vaginal swabs for bacterial isolation were taken from 59
bitches of different breed and age. Cytological examinations of vaginal smears were
made to identify the stages of estrous cycle. Aerobic bacteria were isolated from 84.75%.
A total of seven isolates were identified representing unique bacterial species. The most
common bacteria isolated from the bitch were E.coli, Klebsiella, proteus,
Staphylococcus, Streptococcus and Bacillus spp. More bacterial isolates from vaginal
swabs were obtained from dogs during pro-estrus and estrus (20 versus 14) and there was
significantly less number of isolates were obtained from dogs during diestrus (12) and
pregnant bitches (7) and pyometra (13). Among the isolates, Streptococci was not
isolated during oestrus, diestrus and pregnancy, Bacillus spp was not isolated during
pregnancy and pyometra, Pseudomonas spp was not recovered in cases of pyometra.
Klebsiella was not recovered during diestrus and pregnancy. E. coli, proteus and
staphylococci was isolated in all the stages of the reproductive cycle and pyometra. The
antibiotic sensitivity assay revealed that 78.89 and 21.11 percent of the isolates were
resistant and sensitive to antibiotics. The most sensitive antibiotic against the bacterial
isolates in the descending order was Ofloxacin (55.55%), Amoxyclav (44.44 %),
Ceftriaxone (37.03%), Gentamicin (33.33 %), Enrofloxacin (14.81%) and Penicillin and
Cephalexin (7.40%). The least sensitive antibiotics were Streptomycin, Cefixime and
Trimethoprim.
 
Date 2016-11-14T13:53:55Z
2016-11-14T13:53:55Z
2010-07-15
 
Type Thesis
 
Identifier http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/85424
 
Language en
 
Format application/pdf
 
Publisher Karnataka Veterinary, Animal and Fisheries Sciences University, Bidar