The bacterial flora of the normal canine vagina compared with that of vaginal exudates |
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Authors: | Dwight C Hirsh Nina Wiger |
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Institution: | Department of Veterinary Microbiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA |
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Abstract: | The aerobic bacterial flora (excluding Mycoplasma spp.) of the vagina of sixty-two clinically normal bitches was determined and the species most frequently isolated, in decreasing order, were: Escherichia colt , Streptococcus 'viridans', Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus cards . From the vaginal exudates of seventy-two bitches with vaginitis, the order of frequency was: E. coli , Strep, canis and Staph. aureus . The only consistent difference between the bacterial flora from the two sources was the relatively higher numbers of bacteria in the vaginal exudates. |
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