Isolation and identification of microflora species at different levels of the ewe genital tract

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to isolate and identify microflora species at different levels of the female genital tract (cervix, body of uterus, horns of uterus and oviducts) of ewes and estimate their prevalence. Ninety-six samples (cervix, uterine body, right and left uterine horns, and right and left oviducts) were taken from sixteen ewes genital systems in Al-Hilla slaughterhouse at period from December 2012 to March 2013 and the swabs were from each part of genital system for bacteriological studies. The results indicated that there were different types of bacteria distributed throughout genital system as E-coli (37.83) %, Salmonella (21.62) %, Klebsiella (10.81) %, Staphlococcusaureus (6.75) %, Strptococcus spp. (6.75) %, Proteus (6.75) %, Micrococcus (5.4) % and finally others (S.epidermid and Pseudomonus) (4.05)%. We concluded that E-coli were the most predominant bacteria in normal and pathological cases.