Resumen

BOSCAN OCANDO, Julio; ZAMBRANO NAVA, Sunny; NAVA, Jexenia  y  PORTILLO MARTINEZ, Germán. Profile of vaginal bacterial flora: A potential risk for reproduction in criollo limonero cows. Rev. cient. (Maracaibo) [online]. 2010, vol.20, n.3, pp.227-234. ISSN 0798-2259.

The objective of the current study was to determine the population of vaginal bacteria in Criollo Limonero cows. Two swabs from every cow were taken at the level of the fornix for bacterial isolation with biochemical test. From 102 swabs, 55 achieved bacterial growth (53.9%) and 47 did not get to any bacterial growth (46.1%). The 55 samples that achieved bacterial growth were distributed as follows: 23 (41.82%) aerobic bacteria and 32 (58.18%) anaerobic bacteria; 29 (52.72%) pure isolations and 26 (47.27%) mixed isolations. Gram positive bacteria were predominant (81.82 and 73.08%) compared to Gram negative bacteria (18.18 y 26.92%), both in aerobic and anaerobic media, respectively. Predominant bacteria were Arcanobacterium pyogenes (22.92%), Staphylococcus aureus (15.63%), Staphylococcus coagulase negative (17.71%), Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae (6.25%), Bacteroides spp. (13.54%) and Peptostreptococcus spp. (7.29%). In conclusion, vaginal bacterial flora from Criollo Limonero cows were identified, in reference to the distribution of their specie, genus, oxygen requirements, type of isolation, Gram stain and potential pathogenic capacity were discussed.

Palabras clave : Cows; postpartum; criollo limonero; vaginal flora; bacteria.