Etiology and Bacterial Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Endometritis in Camels (Camelus dromedarius)
N. A. Al-Humam *
Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, College of Veterinary Medicine, King Faisal University, Hofuf, P.O.Box 1757, Al Ahsa 31982, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
The study aimed to investigate the bacterial etiology of endometritis and in vitro antibiotic sensitivity of the isolates in dromedary camels admitted to a clinic. Uterine swabs were collected from 45 animals diagnosed as suffering from endometritis out of 95 infertile female camels. The samples were subjected to bacteriological isolation and identification. All the isolates were tested for in-vitro antibiotic sensitivity. Bacterial species isolated from these samples were Arcanobacterium pyogenes, with 33.33% (n=11), Staphylococcus aureus, 27.27% (n=9), Proteus mirabilis, 24.24% (n=8), Bacillus spp., 9.09% (n=3), Streptococcus agalactiae 3.03% (n=1) and Kocuria kristinae 3.03% (n=1). A. pyogenes, Staph. aureus, P. mirabilis were significantly (P<0.01) associated with endometritis in dromedary camels. The antibiotic sensitivity pattern of the isolates indicated that 51.51%, 12.12%, 12.12%, 0.00%, 0.00%, 45.45% and 48.48% were sensitive for nitrofurantoin, erythromycin, oxy-tetracycline, ampicillin, penicillin, chloramphenicol and kanamycin respectively. The isolates were significantly (P<0.01) sensitive to nitrofurantoin, chloramphenicol and kanamycin.
Keywords: Dromedary camel, endometritis, bacteria, etiology, antibiotics, therapy