The aerobic bacterial flora of the nasal cavity in healthy Anatolian water buffalo calves

Seker E., YARDIMCI H.

ANKARA UNIVERSITESI VETERINER FAKULTESI DERGISI, cilt.57, sa.1, ss.65-67, 2010 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 57 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2010
  • Dergi Adı: ANKARA UNIVERSITESI VETERINER FAKULTESI DERGISI
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.65-67
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: aerobic bacterial flora, nasal cavity, water buffalo, SHEEP, BIGHORN
  • Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Nasal swab samples from clinically healthy Anatolian water buffalo calves, breeding in Afyonkarahisar province of Turkey, were collected to determine the bacterial microflora of their nasal mucosa. A total of 160 samples were examined and 165 bacterial isolates were identified by using standard microbiological and biochemical methods. Ninety-seven isolates were detected to Gram positive bacteria (58.8%) and 68 isolates to Gram negative bacteria (41.2%). Ten bacterial genera including Staphylococcus, Micrococcus, Corynebacterium, Arcanobacterium, Bacillus, Escherichia, Neisseria, Moraxella, Pasteurella and Mannheimia were isolated. Staphylococcus epidermidis (48.8%), Staphylococcus aureus (33.8%), Mannheimia haemolytica (25.0%) and Pasteurella multocida (17.5%) were determined as the most frequently isolated species from the animals sampled. Also, the isolation rates of S. epidermidis, S. aureus, M haemolytica and P. multocida among the 165 bacterial isolates recovered from samples were 23.6%, 16.3%, 12.1% and 8.4% respectively.