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Vaginal Microbial Flora of Normal and Infertile Bitches

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Title Vaginal Microbial Flora of Normal and Infertile Bitches
 
Creator Adity Dominique D’miranda
 
Contributor Honnappa, T.G.
Krishanaswamy, A.
Murthy, V.C.
Suryanarayan, T.
 
Subject Vaginal Microbial Flora of Normal and Infertile Bitches
 
Description PG Thesis
Bacteria are often the constituents of the vaginal flora of healthy and infertile
bitches. These bacterial flora vary in the various stages of the estrus cycle (Bjurström and
Linde-Forsberg, 1992). The present study tries to shed some light on the relationship
between vaginal aerobic bacterial flora and antibiotic susceptibility of micro-organisms
isolated in bitches with and without fertility.
Vaginal swab samples of apparently fertile bitches, infertile bitches and bitches
with pyometra were collected from the anterior vagina and screened for the bacterial
microflora. A total of seven different types of aerobic bacteria were isolated. The most
common bacteria isolated from the bitch were Staphylococcus, Streptococcus, Bacilli,
Proteus, Klebsiella, E.coli, and Pseudomonas. Mixed cultures were isolated from all the
animals.
Among the isolates, gram positive organisms such as Staphylococcus followed by
Streptococcus were more dominant in the fertile bitch than the gram negative organisms
such as E.coli, Proteus and Klebsiella. In the infertile animals, the gram negative
organism such as E. coli was isolated more frequently.
The studies on the bacterial flora of the infertile bitch revealed that the bacteria
commonly present in the vagina are not different from those isolated from fertile animals.
Most of the organisms were resistant to the most frequently used antibiotics such as
cephalexin, cefixime, enrofloxacin and trimethoprim. In view of the lack of a clear
knowledge of the role of non-specific bacteria as a cause of infertility in bitch and the
deleterious effects of the indiscriminate use of antibiotics, it is suggested that the
antibiotics should be used with caution.
 
Date 2016-11-14T14:01:35Z
2016-11-14T14:01:35Z
2013-02-15
 
Type Thesis
 
Identifier http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/85427
 
Language en
 
Format application/pdf
 
Publisher Karnataka Veterinary, Animal and Fisheries Sciences University, Bidar