A etiological study on some forms of bovine pulmonary in Al-Nassiriya and Al-Basrah Cities lesions Mahdi M. Thueni.

الملخص EN

In this study, it was aimed to isolate some Bacteria from some pulmonary lesions of various pathological conditions occurring in the lungs of cows.

For this aims, samples of the investigation were obtained through the examination of a total of (660) cows ranging from 3 to 10 years of age were examined for lungs affection during the period from November 2006 to July 2007.

Out of these samples, (148) lung, constituting (22.4 %) suspected for abnormalities were selected.

The encountered pulmonary lesions which found in our study were (148) cases (22.4 %), included 11 various type of pulmonary lesions associated with bacterial isolation.

Escherichia coli being the most frequently isolated organism and the number of its isolates was (68), constituting (34.9 %) of the overall number of isolates.

The various bacterial isolates with different pulmonary lesions are mentioned and its significance is discussed.