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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-10-1
pubmed:abstractText
Sterile guarded swabs were used to sample the anterior vaginal and cervical area of 23 normal healthy sows during various stages of the reproductive cycle. The samples were collected one week before farrowing, within 24 hours of farrowing, weekly up to weaning, at mating and at 2 and 3 weeks after mating, and then plated and incubated aerobically and anaerobically. At least one positive sample was obtained from each sow and at each stage of the reproductive cycle. Most positive samples (78.3%) were obtained on the day of farrowing and the least 3 weeks after mating (19.0%). The second highest number of positive samples (45.5%) was found immediately after mating. Although there was no significant difference among sows of different parities, there was a trend for older sows to have more positive samples after farrowing (84.6%). There was a greater decrease in positive samples after farrowing and after mating among younger sows compared with older sows. A wide range of bacteria including aerobic and anaerobic species, were recovered from 142 isolates. The more representative bacteria were Streptococcus spp (23.2%); Escherichia coli (22.5%); Staphylococcus spp (19.0%) and Corynebacterium spp (13.4%). Of the cultures, 54.7% were pure and 45.3% were mixed. Both the percentage of bacterial isolates as well as the type of culture (pure or mixed) were similar to those frequently reported in clinical cases of vulval discharge syndrome. The results indicate that sows usually develop infections of the reproductive tract at farrowing and mating but these infections do not normally persist.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0005-0423
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
70
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
256-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2003-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
A study of the microbial flora of the anterior vagina of normal sows during different stages of the reproductive cycle.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Farm Animal Medicine and Production, University of Queensland.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article