Isolation and identification of some aerobic bacteria associated with respiratory infections of sheep in Al-Diwaniya Governorate

Abstract

This study was included collection of 300 samples divided into 150 nasal swabs 120 infected lungs 30 blood samples from infected sheep suffering from respiratory infections the study showed isolation 223 bacterial isolates which divided into 12 species and 61 samples were negative to bacterial isolation. E.coli has the higher isolation percentage between other percentages 20.78% then Staph aureus at percentage 14.11% then other bacteria as Klebsiella pneumonia, Streptococcus pneumonia, Staph epidermis, Pasterurella haemolytica, Enterobacter, Corynebacterium pyogenes , Pasteurella multocida, Proteus vulgaris, Citrobacter and Pseudomonase aeruginosa. The sensitivity test was done to all isolates toward 10 types of antibiotics where all isolates showed sensitive to norfloxacin and ciprofloxacin