Bacteriological , physical and chemical evaluation of sheep’s urine

Abstract EN

This study conducted to evaluated 150 sheep urine sample [91 female (59) male] for the physical characteristic (color, odor, and specific gravity), chemical characteristic (ketone bodies and glucose) and for the presence of bacterial isolates.

Most urine samples have amber color and ammonia odor especially the samples which show positive results in bacterial isolate, while presence of ketone bodies was indicated by the appearance of fruity odor.

This study showed that 48 (32 %) of urine samples are ketone positive [34 (37.36 %) females and 14 (23.72 %) males], and 42 (28 %) of samples are glucose positive [26 (28.57 %) females and 16 (27.11 %) males].

Where as the bacteriological examination of urine revealed that 38 (32 %) of female urine samples show positive results in bacterial isolation including 15 (16.48 %) Escherichia coli, 11 (12.08 %) Staphylococcus aureas, 6 (6.59 %) streptococcus spp., 4 (4.39 %) Proteus spp.

and 2 (2.19 %) Klebsilla spp.

.

While the results of bacterial examination of male urine samples revealed that 20 (33.89 %) show positive bacterial isolation including 8 (13.55 %) E.

coli, 6 (10.16 %) Staph.

aureus, 3 (5.08 %) Sterpt.

Spp.

and 3(5.08%) Proteus spp.