Aerobic Bacteria Associated With Equine Wound Contamination In Kordofan State

Abstract

This study was conducted at El-Obeid Town and some rural areas around EL-Obeid. 116 samples were collected as swabs, exudates and tissues scraping from different types of wounds. Equine (donkeys and horses) were the targeted animals. These animals are used for different purposes. For the isolation and identification of bacterial contaminants the conventional methods described by Barrow and Feltham (1993) were used. Most of the bacterial isolates were recovered from swab samples (118 isolates), Enterococcus faecalis – 27 (22.9%), Staphylococcus aureus – 24 (20.3%) and Enterococcus faecium- 14 (11.9%) were the most dominant isolates. The majority of isolates, 63 isolates out of 159 were obtained in summer; these isolates were highly recovered from riding donkey's saddle wounds at El-Obeid Town. Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus epidermidis Enterococcus faecium, Enterococcus faecalis, Bacillus licheniformis and Bacillus firmus were selectively used for the susceptibility against different antibiotics, Nitrofuran, Kanamycin, Nalidixic acid and xiv Gentamicin were found active against the tested organisms (6-10 mm) inhibitory zone. ملخصالأطروحة