Effects of the naturally occurring inhabitants of the vaginal microbiota of cows on cultured endometrial cells

Abstract

One of the main causes of the dairy industry’s significant financial losses is bovine subfertility. Even though bacterial infections frequently contribute to reproductive problems, limited data is describing the normal vaginal microbiota of the cow. Determining the microbial colonies found in the reproductive canal of the cow may allow us to better understand the physiology of the animal’s reproductive system, which has great commercial significance. The postpartum uterine inflamed cows are now treated with antibiotics, hormones, and antiseptic agents. Specific concerns arise since there is high incidence of microbial resistance, drug residues in milk and meat production cost increase which indicates lack of efficiency of those treatments.