GENITAL DISCHARGES IN AN INFERTILE HERD, THEIR CAUSES AND TREATMENT

Document Type : Research article

Authors

Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cairo and Zagazig University. Dept. of Obst., Ganaec

Abstract

The clinical examination of a herd of 138 Fri esian cows suffering from purulent vaginal di scharges revealed that the common causes of such condition are chronic endometritis ( 52.18% ), metritis ( 25.36% ) and pyometra (22.46%). The bacteria isolated from such cows were: E.coli (50.72), Streptococci (47.10%), Sta phylococci (39.86%), Corynebacterium (31.88%), anthracoids (28.99%), Ps.pyocyanea (15.22%), yeast cells (2.90%) and Nocardia (2.17). After applying the proper treatment, clinical cure from endometritis, metritis and pyometra occurred in 88.89%, 60.0% and 32.26% and the conception rate was 75.0%, 34. 3% and 19.7% re sp < /strong>ectively.