TREATMENT OF BOVINE CHRONIC ENDOMETRITIS WITH LUGOL'S IODINE WITH REFERENCE TO ITS EFFECT ON THE CAUSATIVE ORGANISMS.

AFEEFY, M.M.; ABO-EL-ATA, M.M.; SHOUMAN, M.T.; EL-SAWAF, S.; ZAKI, K.

doi:10.21608/avmj.1979.193132

TREATMENT OF BOVINE CHRONIC ENDOMETRITIS WITH LUGOL'S IODINE WITH REFERENCE TO ITS EFFECT ON THE CAUSATIVE ORGANISMS.

Document Type : Research article

Authors

Depts. of Surgery, Obstetries and Microbiology, Faculty of Vet. Med. Cairo University

10.21608/avmj.1979.193132

Abstract

From 34 COWS showing chronic endometritis, 119 isolates (100%) were recorded from first iso lation, reached to 74 isolants (62.2%) after first treatment and became 30 isolates (25.0%) in the 3rd isolation after the second treat ment with Lugol's iodine. Out of 39 affected buffaloes, 151 bacterial isolates (100%) were recovered from the first isolation, while after the application or Lugol's solution either stock or diluted, 96 isolates were reported in an incidence of 64.1%. In the 3rd isolation after the second treatment, the number of isolates was reduced to 56 (37.4%). The most predominant bacteria which did not resp < /strong>ond to treatment in cows and buffaloes were: Staph. aureus, Str pyogenes, C. pyogenes, E.coli and Ps.aeruginosa. According to the respondibility of the disea sed animals to treatment, it was observed that the first degree cases respond mostly to stock and diluted Lugol's solution than both the se cond and the third degree of chronic endome tritis. Stock Lugol's iodine gave better results re garding the conception rate than the diluted one particularly when coupled with good health condition and/ or the first degree of inflamme ation.