Investigation for bacterial causes of superficial abscesses in Iraqi goats

Abstract EN

The aim of the study was to investigate the bacterial causes of superficial abscesses in goats.

Thirty pus samples were collected out of 560 examined goats from many flocks.

Results recorded the incidence ratio of superficial abscess in goats were 5.3%.

In which the distribution ratios in body were; head and neck 60.0%.

abdomen, chest and sternum 20.0%, udder 10%, testis 6.66% and inter digital clefts 3.33% from total superficial abscesses.

Forty seven bacterial strains were isolated from thirty superficial abscesses cases, including: Staphylococcus spps.

34.04%, Corynebacterium spps.

19.14%, Streptococcus spps.

14.89%, Arcanobacterium pyogenes 14.89%, Enterobacteriaceae 10.63%, Pseudomonas spps.

4.25%, and Fusobacterium spps.

2.12%.

The study founded one superficial abscess which gave negative result for bacterial culturing with ratio 3.3%.