Open AccessEFFECT OF FLUOROGESTERONE ACETATE IMPREGNATED INTRAVAGINAL SPONGES ON VAGINAL BACTERIAL FLORA OF EWES.
Author(s) -
J. D. Amin
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
nigerian journal of animal production
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0331-2062
DOI - 10.51791/njap.v23i1.2196
Subject(s) - sponge , vagina , population , biology , flora (microbiology) , vaginal flora , significant difference , zoology , microbiology and biotechnology , bacteria , medicine , anatomy , botany , genetics , environmental health
The bacterial flora of the vagina of ten ewes was determined at sponge removal and two days later before insertion of fluorogesterone acetate intravaginal sponge. Using E. coli as a marker to species, there was a significant increase (P 0.05) when bacterial population before the sponge insertion was compared with the bacterial population two days after sponge removal. It is concluded that following use of fluorogesterone acetate intravaginal pessaries (and injection of PMSG at sponge removal), there is increased bacterial growth in the vagina which is largely the eliminated two days after sponge removal.