Resumen

PINEDA, Yuraima  y  SANTANDER, Jorge. Evaluation of bacterial flora of boar semen in pig farms in Venezuela. Zootecnia Trop. [online]. 2007, vol.25, n.3, pp.173-177. ISSN 0798-7269.

ABSTRACT A bacteriological study was performed on 226 semen samples from healthy boars collected from five pig farms in two Venezuelan states. The evaluation of fresh and diluted semen showed a wide variety of bacteria range from normal and potentially pathogenic flora. E. coli was the most common bacteria isolated, followed by Staphylococcus epidermidis, Proteus vulgaris, Streptococcus spp. β hemolytic, Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The bacteria were found to be resistant to the antimicrobials normally used in commercial diluents semen

Palabras clave : Bacterial flora; semen; boars; contamination.