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- Title
Isolation and Antibiotic Sensitivity of Uterine Microbial Pathogens - A Study of 30 Endometritis Affected Mares.
- Authors
Assad, Nafis I.; Bugalia, N. S.; Chandolia, R. K.; Sharma, Anshu
- Abstract
Infertility in broodmares due to uterine infections and associated endometritis occurs following breeding and foaling, and cripples annual foal production thus accounting for heavy economic loss to the equine industry. Both diagnosis and therapeutic management as early as possible are warranted to maintain optimum fertility. Administration of antibiotics via intrauterine route is a near universal routine during therapeutic management of these uterine infections in mares. Thus misuse of antibiotics cannot be ruled out. Pursuant to such misuse there is a considerable threat of development of resistant forms of pathogens. Present study was therefore undertaken to establish the sensitivity and resistance patterns of the prevalent bacterial and fungal uterine pathogens viz. Streptococcus sp., Corynebacterium sp., Escherichia coli and yeast to routinely used intrauterine antibiotics. The basic aim of the study was to serve as an empirical guide from time to time, while prescribing antibiotics for the treatment of uterine infections in mares.
- Subjects
HORSE reproduction; HORSE health; HORSE breeding; ESCHERICHIA coli; ANTIBIOTICS assay
- Publication
Intas Polivet, 2015, Vol 16, Issue 2, p223
- ISSN
0972-1738
- Publication type
Article