Abstract

RODRIGUES FRIAS, Danila Fernanda; RODRIGUES PEREIRA, Diego; KOZUSNY-ANDREANI, Dora Inés  and  MUNIZ SIMON, Hélio. Uterine microbiological assessment of primiparous nelore cows during puerperium. Rev. Soc. Ven. Microbiol. [online]. 2016, vol.36, n.1, pp.23-28. ISSN 1315-2556.

It was aimed to evaluate the uterine microbiota of primiparous Nelore cows during the puerperal period. To 15 fifteen females immediately parous, secretions were obtained from the uterus once a week, during sixty days. Material obtained was inoculated in culture media, and microorganism identification was made by smears stained by the Gram method, cotton blue and biochemical tests. Microorganisms recovered were Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Proteus mirabilis, Staphylococcus aureus, S. intermedius, Streptococcus spp, Bacillus spp, Actinomyces pyogenes, Sporotrix schenckii, Trichophyton verrucosum and Candida albicans, generally recovering more than one microorganism per culture, demonstrating that the puerperium is a septic process. The number and type of microorganisms decreased every week, demonstrating the natural process of self-defense of the uterus that occurs by the end of puerperium.

Keywords : microorganism; puerperium; primiparous; Nelore cows.

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