Microbial flora in the vagina of buffalo cows during reproductive and productive activity
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https://doi.org/10.5433/1679-0359.1992v13n1p18Keywords:
Buffaloes, Bacteriology, Estrous cycle, Gestation, Genital tract.Abstract
The microbial fíora frorn 352 vaginal swabs from 22 buffaloes cows was studied. From the bacterial cultures performed, 168 (47,73%) showed positive results with isolation of one or more microrganisms, and the remainder 184 (52,27%) were negative. The following microrganisms were identified in the genital mucosa of buffalo cows independently of the reproductive or productive cycle: Alcaligenes faecalis, Bacillus sp, Corynebacterium sp, Escherichia coli, Klebsiella sp. Micrococcus sp, Proteus sp, Staphylococcus sp, Staphylococcus aureus, hemolitic Staphylococcus, Streptococcus sp, hemolitjc Streptococcus and hemolitic Streptococcus.
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