OKTAY YILMAZ, YAHYA KUYUCUOĞLU, ALPER SEVİMLİ, EBUBEKİR YAZICI, MEHMET UÇAR

Uterine microbiology and histopathology in repeat breeder anatolian water buffaloes: An abattoir study

Sunulan çalışmada, Türkiye’nin Afyonkarahisar ilinde yaşayan siklik Anadolu nehir mandası ineklerinde endometritise neden olan bakteriyel kontaminantların tespit edilmesi amaçlandı. Anormal vaginal akıntı olmaksızın üç veya daha fazla sayıda çiftleştirildiği halde gebe kalmamış, 71 adet siklik puliripar manda ineğinin genital kanalı değerlendirilmek üzere toplandı. Hayvanlar luteal ve folliküler evre olacak şekilde iki gruba ayrıldı. Bakteriyoloji ve histopatoloji için örnekler her mandanın kornu uterisinden toplandı. Toplamda bütün mandaların %76’sında herhangi bir histopatolojik değişiklik bulunmazken, diğer hayvanlarda sıklıkla hafif formda yangısel değişiklikler izlendi. Sağlıklı ve hafif endometritisli uteruslardan sıklıkla Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Candida spp. ve Trueperella pyogenes izole edildi. İzolatlar çoğunlukla luteal evreden elde edildi. Histopatolojik olarak endometritis teşhisi konulan folliküler evredeki manda uteruslarında ise herhangi bir izolata rastlanmadı. Sonuç olarak, sağlıklı uteruslarda da tespit edilen E. coli ve T. pyogenes izolatlarının, Anadolu nehir mandalarında endometritis ile ilişkili spesifik olmayan uterus patojenleri olabileceği ileri sürülmektedir.

Anahtar Kelimeler:

dölyatağı, Candida, Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, mezbahalar, hayvan patolojisi, bakteriyel hastalıklar, manda, kandida enfeksiyonu, endometrit, histopatoloji, kızgınlık, döl tutmayan, Anadolu Mandası

Repeat breeder anadolu nehir mandalarında uterus mikrobiyolojisi ve histopatolojisi: Bir mezbaha çalışması

The objective of the study was to determine the bacterial contaminants causing endometritis in cycling Anatolian water buffalo cows at Afyonkarahisar province Turkey. Data were collected from the genital tracts of 71 cycling pluriparious slaughtered water buffalo cows that had not conceived after three or more services following observed oestrus with no abnormal vaginal discharge presented. Animals were divided into two groups as luteal and follicular phase. Swabs for bacteriology and tissues for histopathology were collected from the cornu uteri of each buffalo. Totally 76% of buffaloes were found to have any histopathological changes, whereas mild endometrial inflammatory changes were commonly found from the remainders. The microorganisms most prevalent in the uterine lumen were Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Candida spp. and Trueperella pyogenes in both healthy uteri and those presenting with mild endometritis. Most of the isolates were recovered from luteal phase. The uteruses of buffalo cows affected with endometritis defined by histopathology showed no bacterial isolation in follicular phase of the oestrous cycle. It is suggested that E. coli and T. pyogenes existing in normal uterus might be the most non-specific uterine pathogens that were associated with endometritis in Anatolian water buffaloes.

Keywords:

uterus, Candida, Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, abattoirs, animal pathology, bacterial diseases, buffaloes, candidosis, endometritis, histopathology, oestrus, repeat breeders, Anatolian buffalo,

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