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Identification and Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Uterine Bacterial Isolates From Mares with Endometritis in India

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Last updated: 01 Jan 2025

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Animal Reproduction & Artificial Insemination

Abstract

Background: Endometritis is a major cause of infertility in mares worldwide. In India, information on endometritis in mares is limited. Objectives: The purpose of this study was to identify uterine bacterial isolates from endometritis-affected mares in India and evaluate their antimicrobial susceptibility pattern. Methods: Endometritis was diagnosed based on history of infertility and findings from transrectal examination, visual inspection of low-volume uterine lavage samples, endometrial cytology and bacterial culture. Uterine lavage samples were collected from 15 mares with endometritis and subjected to bacterial culture and antimicrobial susceptibility test. Results: The most common bacterial isolates were Escherichia coli (E. coli, 40.0%), Staphylococcus (26.7%), Streptococcus (20.0%), and Klebsiella (13.3%) species. Most of the E. coli isolates were susceptible to gentamicin (83.3%), netilmicin sulphate (83.3%), tobramycin (83.3%), nitrofurantoin (83.3%), amikacin (66.7%), and ampicillin/sulbactam (66.7%). All of the Staphylococcus isolates were susceptible to gentamicin, amikacin, and ampicillin/sulbactam. All Streptococcus and Klebsiella isolates were susceptible to gentamicin, amikacin, and netilmicin sulphate. Furthermore, all Klebsiella isolates were susceptible to sparfloxacin, ampicillin/sulbactam, tobramycin, cefadroxil, and co-trimoxazole. Ampicillin and amoxicillin were the least effective antimicrobials with susceptibility percentages ranging between 0 to 33.3% for the various isolates. Conclusions: The results suggest that E. coli is the most common cause of equine endometritis in India. Based on the antimicrobial susceptibility patterns, it can be concluded that gentamicin, amikacin, netilmicin sulphate and ampicillin/sulbactam may be the best first-line antimicrobials for clinical application in equine endometritis cases in India while awaiting antimicrobial susceptibility test results.

DOI

10.21608/ejvs.2023.171432.1407

Keywords

Antimicrobials, Bacteria, Endometritis, Horse, Uterus

Authors

First Name

Aeknath

Last Name

Virendra

MiddleName

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Affiliation

Department of Animal Reproduction, Gynecology and Obstetrics, Mumbai Veterinary College, Mumbai, 400012, Maharashtra, India.

Email

draeknathvirendra@gmail.com

City

Mumbai

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First Name

Sarita

Last Name

Gulavane

MiddleName

U

Affiliation

Department of Animal Reproduction, Gynecology and Obstetrics, Mumbai Veterinary College, Mumbai, 400012, Maharashtra, India.

Email

saritagulavane11@gmail.com

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Zulfikar

Last Name

Ahmed

MiddleName

A.

Affiliation

Equus stud farm, Village Shirgoan, Talegoan Dhabade, Salumbra, Pune, 410506, Maharashtra, India.

Email

z.ali@equusstud.com

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Varsha

Last Name

Thorat

MiddleName

D

Affiliation

Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Mumbai Veterinary College, Mumbai, 400012, Maharashtra, India.

Email

varshathoratmicro@yahoo.com

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Ravindra

Last Name

Chaudhari

MiddleName

J

Affiliation

Department of Animal Reproduction, Gynecology and Obstetrics, Mumbai Veterinary College, Mumbai, 400012, Maharashtra, India.

Email

rjchaudhari80@gmail.com

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Sandeep

Last Name

Gaikwad

MiddleName

M

Affiliation

Department of Animal Reproduction, Gynecology and Obstetrics, Mumbai Veterinary College, Mumbai, 400012, Maharashtra, India.

Email

gaikwadsandeep8@yahoo.com

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Shelar

Last Name

Raju

MiddleName

R

Affiliation

Department of Animal Reproduction, Gynecology and Obstetrics, Mumbai Veterinary College, Mumbai, 400012, Maharashtra, India.

Email

shelarraju5@yahoo.com

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Shailesh

Last Name

Ingole

MiddleName

D

Affiliation

Department of Veterinary Physiology, Gynecology and Obstetrics, Mumbai Veterinary College, Mumbai, 400012, Maharashtra, India.

Email

sdingole@yahoo.com

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Afroza

Last Name

Khanam

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Department of Large Animal Medicine and Surgery, School of Veterinary Medicine, St. George’s University, Grenada, West Indies

Email

akhanam@sgu.edu

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Firdous

Last Name

Khan

MiddleName

A

Affiliation

Department of Large Animal Medicine and Surgery, School of Veterinary Medicine, St. George’s University, Grenada, West Indies

Email

fkhan8@sgu.edu

City

-

Orcid

0000-0002-1903-8784

Volume

54

Article Issue

2

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37137

Issue Date

2023-04-01

Receive Date

2022-11-01

Publish Date

2023-04-01

Page Start

287

Page End

295

Print ISSN

1110-0222

Online ISSN

2357-089X

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EJVS_Volume 54_Issue 2_Pages 287-295.pdf

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Publication Title

Egyptian Journal of Veterinary Sciences

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Identification and Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Uterine Bacterial Isolates From Mares with Endometritis in India

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22 Jan 2023