BACTERIOLOGYICAL ASSESSMENT OF INFLAMMED CATTLE LIVERS, WITH SPECIAL VIEW TO HEPATIC ABSCESSES

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The study was conducted to outline the microorganisms mainly inducing or taking part in liver disorders specially hepatic abscesses. The examined samples included 30 livers with multiple abscesses and 26 inflammed livers. F. necrophorum represented the major causative agent (83%) and (30.8%) followed by C. p < /em>yogenes (46.7%) and (65.4%) which were isolated from liver abscesses and hepatic tissues respectively. Enterbacteriaceae, Staphylococci and yeast were also detected in both types of samples.

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