TY - JOUR ID - TI - Prevalence and antibiotic resistance pattern of certain types ofbacterial flora in uterine ewe's samples AU - Zahid S. Aziza,*, S. Albukhatya,*, H.K. Abboodb,* PY - 2017 VL - 3 IS - 4 SP - 259 EP - 266 JO - Karbala International Journal of Modern Science مجلة كربلاء العالمية للعلوم الحديثة SN - 2405609X 24056103 AB - Astudywas carried outinabattoirs toidentify certain bacterialflorainanumberofsamplescollectedfrom ewes'uteriwithdetectionof phenotypic and genotypic antibiotic resistance patterns of the identified bacteria. The study was done in the South of Iraq during aperiod that started in February and ended in March 2015. Seventy-nine samples were collected randomly and aseptically, examinedgrossly, cultured using standard bacteriological techniques and examined for antibiotic resistance. Thirty-one isolates were reportedbelong to the following bacteria with resistance percentages accordingly:Escherichia coli41. 94% (No: 13),Klebsiellaspp. 29.03%(No: 9),Enterobacterspp. 16.13% (No: 5),Pseudomonas aeruginosa6.45% (No: 2) andProteusspp. 6.45% (No: 2). Results revealedthat 100% (No: 31) of isolates were resistant to oxacillin while resistance to both ampicillin and tetracycline appeared in 93.64% (No:30), 41.92% (No: 13) of isolates respectively, moreover there was for some extent resistance to ceftriaxone 9.68% (No: 3), while theisolates were highly susceptible to cefamandole and gentamicin. The isolates were also examined to determine the presence ofblaSHVgenes by PCR assay which showed that 12.9% of isolates harbored this gene. This study contributes to a better knowledge aboutidentified bacterial species inhabiting the uterus of ewes and exerting a significant and distinct antimicrobial resistance pattern.

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