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THE BACTERIOLOGY OF CERVICAL MUCUS OF EWES AT OESTRUS FOLLOWING TREATMENT WITH FLUORO‐PROGESTAGEN IMPREGNATED INTRAVAGINAL SPONGES
Author(s) -
Quinlivan T. D.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
australian veterinary journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.382
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1751-0813
pISSN - 0005-0423
DOI - 10.1111/j.1751-0813.1970.tb14873.x
Subject(s) - cervical mucus , mucus , estrous cycle , microbiology and biotechnology , vagina , vaginal flora , biology , bacteriology , bacteria , physiology , cervix , zoology , anatomy , ecology , genetics , cancer
Summary The presence of an intravaginal sponge impregnated with the fluoro‐progestagen is responsible for an alteration in the bacterial flora of cervical mucus of the ewe at the first oestrus following withdrawal. There is an increase in the number of coliform organisms, specifically E. coli, Alcaligenes spp and other Gram negative bacteria, and C. pyogenes , probably through contamination of the string by facees and urine and the actual presence of an intravaginal foreign body.