Identification of naturally occurring inhabitants of vaginal microbiota in cows and determination of their antibiotic sensitivity

Abstract

Microbiota in the bodies of different species have a significant impact on the health status of the host. Most studies have focused on the microbiota of gut, skin, and mouth, and not too much research known about normal vaginal microbiota in livestock. The characteristic bovine uterine diseases such as metritis and endometritis can be the results of colonization through the extrinsic and ascending pathways to the vagina, rarely the intestinal bacteria may contaminate the uterus. In our studies we determined the most frequent inhabitant bacteria from the vagina of healthy dairy cows prior to the parturition and after.