Isolation and Antibiogram of Escherichia coli from Canine Pyometra in Puducherry Region

O group of Escherichia coli from canine and feline pyometra.

Isolation, histopathology and antibiogram of Escherichia coli from pigeons (Columba livia)

Aim: To know the prevalence of antibiotic resistant Escherichia coli among dead and/or diarrhoic pigeons in and around greater Guwahati. Materials and Methods: Samples were cultured from dead and/or diarrhoic pigeons and identification was done by standard methods. The sensitivity of the isolated E.coli strains to 15 antibiotics of human and veterinary use was also determined. Organs from those...

Isolation of enterotoxigenic and enteroaggregative straines of Escherichia coli from chicken carcasses by PCR

The aim of this study was to determine the frequency of enterotoxigenic and enteroaggregative strains ofEscherichia coli in chicken carcasses by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). In this study 63 strains of E. coliwere isolated from 110 samples of chicken carcasses during processing after chilling in the poultry slaughterhouse of Shahrekord. Polymerase chain reaction assays were used to detect t...

Canine pyometra.

Pyometra, literally meaning pus in the uterus, is a common disease entity of intact bitches. Similar conditions occur, including hydrometra and mucometra [De Bosschere H, Ducatelle R, Vermeirsch H, Van Den Broeck W, Coryn M. Cystic endometrial hyperplasia-pyometra complex in the bitch: should the two entities be disconnected? Theriogenology 2001;55:1509-19]. The exact etiology is unknown; howev...

Canine Pyometra

Introduction effects of progesterone on the uterus. The hormonal therapies that include either progesterone for estrous Canine Pyometra is a common reproductive suppression or estrogen for estrous induction or disorder of intact, diestrual bitch which affects nearly pregnancy termination may explain the development of one fourth of all female dogs before they reach ten pyometra in young bitches...