Table 1 Species isolated in microbiological cultivation from uterine swabs from 152 mares. Two bacterial species might be isolated and typed from the same mare.
Microorganisms | Number | % |
|---|---|---|
Actinobacillus spp/Pasteurella spp | 1 | <1 |
Corynebacterium spp | 2 | 1 |
Enterobacter aerogenes | 4 | 3 |
Enterobacter agglomerans | 3 | 2 |
Enterobacter spp | 1 | <1 |
Enterococcus spp | 2 | 1 |
Escherichia coli, non-haemolytic | 99 | 64 |
Escherichia coli, haemolytic | 5 | 3 |
Klebsiella pneumoniae | 1 | <1 |
Gramnegative coccus | 12 | 8 |
Gramnegative rods, inactive | 11 | 7 |
Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 1 | <1 |
Pseudomonas spp | 5 | 3 |
Sphingomonas paucimobilis 1 | 1 | <1 |
Staphylococcus spp, coagulase neg | 3 | 2 |
Streptococcus spp, α-haemolytic | 1 | <1 |
Streptococcus, β-haemolytic | 31 | 20 |
Streptococcus equi subsp. equi | 1 | |
Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis | 4 | |
Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus | 21 | |
Streptococcus, β-haemolytic3 | 5 | |
Fungi2 | 16 | |
Yeast, not Candida albicans | 13 | |
Yeast3 | 2 | |
Mould | 1 |