Research Article

ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF HAEMOPHlLUS SOMNUS FROM COWS WlTH METRlTIS

Volume: 33 Number: 01 January 1, 1986
  • Serdar Diker
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ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF HAEMOPHlLUS SOMNUS FROM COWS WlTH METRlTIS

Abstract

Haemophilus somnus was isolated from two cows with metritis slaughtered in a local abatloir. Uterine samples collected with steril swabs were seeded onto several culture media. The organisms grew well only on brain-heart infusion agar supplemented with blood and yeast extarct (BH/BrE) in pure culture. The colonies were translucent, greyish, round, and reached the diameter of 0.5 mm af ter 24 hours of incubation. The isolated bacteria were identified as Haemophilus somnus on the basis of morphological, cultural and biochemical characteristics. The organism requiered serum and carbon dioxide for growt/z. The isolate was Gram negative, small, pleomorphic coccobaciUi and fermented glucose, produce oxidase bl/t did not catalase. For the canlirmation of isolates as H. somnus a slide agglutilZation test was alsa made. T/ze isolation of agent in pure culture suggested t/zat this organism was the cause of pathologic condition.

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References

  1. Ankara Üniversitesi – Ankara Üniversitesi Veteriner Fakültesi Dergisi

Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Veterinary Surgery

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Serdar Diker This is me
Türkiye

Publication Date

January 1, 1986

Submission Date

January 1, 1986

Acceptance Date

-

Published in Issue

Year 1986 Volume: 33 Number: 01

APA
Diker, S. (1986). ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF HAEMOPHlLUS SOMNUS FROM COWS WlTH METRlTIS. Ankara Üniversitesi Veteriner Fakültesi Dergisi, 33(01). https://doi.org/10.1501/Vetfak_0000000996
AMA
1.Diker S. ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF HAEMOPHlLUS SOMNUS FROM COWS WlTH METRlTIS. Ankara Univ Vet Fak Derg. 1986;33(01). doi:10.1501/Vetfak_0000000996
Chicago
Diker, Serdar. 1986. “ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF HAEMOPHlLUS SOMNUS FROM COWS WlTH METRlTIS”. Ankara Üniversitesi Veteriner Fakültesi Dergisi 33 (01). https://doi.org/10.1501/Vetfak_0000000996.
EndNote
Diker S (January 1, 1986) ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF HAEMOPHlLUS SOMNUS FROM COWS WlTH METRlTIS. Ankara Üniversitesi Veteriner Fakültesi Dergisi 33 01
IEEE
[1]S. Diker, “ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF HAEMOPHlLUS SOMNUS FROM COWS WlTH METRlTIS”, Ankara Univ Vet Fak Derg, vol. 33, no. 01, Jan. 1986, doi: 10.1501/Vetfak_0000000996.
ISNAD
Diker, Serdar. “ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF HAEMOPHlLUS SOMNUS FROM COWS WlTH METRlTIS”. Ankara Üniversitesi Veteriner Fakültesi Dergisi 33/01 (January 1, 1986). https://doi.org/10.1501/Vetfak_0000000996.
JAMA
1.Diker S. ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF HAEMOPHlLUS SOMNUS FROM COWS WlTH METRlTIS. Ankara Univ Vet Fak Derg. 1986;33. doi:10.1501/Vetfak_0000000996.
MLA
Diker, Serdar. “ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF HAEMOPHlLUS SOMNUS FROM COWS WlTH METRlTIS”. Ankara Üniversitesi Veteriner Fakültesi Dergisi, vol. 33, no. 01, Jan. 1986, doi:10.1501/Vetfak_0000000996.
Vancouver
1.Serdar Diker. ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF HAEMOPHlLUS SOMNUS FROM COWS WlTH METRlTIS. Ankara Univ Vet Fak Derg. 1986 Jan. 1;33(01). doi:10.1501/Vetfak_0000000996

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