TY  - JOUR
T1  - Conjunctival Flora of Fifty Healthy Goats in Sebele Farm, Gaborone, Botswana
AU - , E.Z. Mushi AU - , M.G. Binta AU - , R.G. Chabo AU - , K. Dintwe 
JO  - Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances
VL  - 6
IS  - 12
SP  - 1388
EP  - 1389
PY  - 2007
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1680-5593
DO  - javaa.2007.1388.1389
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=javaa.2007.1388.1389
KW  - Conjunctival
KW  -eye swabs
KW  -bacteria
KW  -McConkey agar
AB  - Fifty eye swabs were taken from one eye of each healthy goat and were cultured into sheep blood and McConkey agar. Bacteria were isolated from the eyes of 32 out of 50 (60%) healthy goats. <I>Brahmnella </I>sp. (26.3%) were the most commonly recovered organisms followed by <I>Staphylococcus </I>sp. (22.8%). Other organisms isolated included <I>Corynebacterium </I>sp. (15.8%), <I>Streptococcus </I>sp. (8.8%), <I>Micrococcus </I>sp. (7.0%) and <I>Pasteurella </I>sp. (1.8%). A single bacterium was isolated from 12 out of 50 (24%) of the eye swabs.
ER  -