Table 4.
Partial list of cultured bacterial species isolated from the lumen of the uterine horn following slaughter at one month postpartum for cows that were either healthy or metritis and treated with antibiotic (Ab) or not treated (No trt) with antibiotic at 7 to 10 days postpartum. The list include species isolated from at least 3 cows.
| Healthy (n = 17) | Metritis (n = 18) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Species | Ab (n = 9) |
No trt (n = 8) |
Total (%) |
Ab (n = 9) |
No trt (n = 9) |
Total (%) |
| Corynebacterium renale | 0 | 0 | 0 (0) | 1 | 2 | 3 (17) |
| Cutibacterium acnes | 1 | 0 | 1 (6) | 1 | 1 | 2 (11) |
| Fusobacterium necrophorum | 0 | 0 | 0 (0) | 3 | 4 | 7 (39) |
| Helcococcus ovis | 0 | 0 | 0 (0) | 2 | 1 | 3 (17) |
| Histophilus somni | 1 | 0 | 1 (6) | 1 | 7 | 8 (44) |
| Paenibacillus cookii | 0 | 1 | 1 (6) | 1 | 1 | 2 (11) |
| Peptoniphilus indolicus | 0 | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 4 | 4 (22) |
| Porphyromonas levii | 0 | 0 | 0 (0) | 2 | 3 | 5 (28) |
| Prevotella heparinolytica | 0 | 0 | 0 (0) | 1 | 2 | 3 (17) |
| Staphylococcus epidermidis | 0 | 1 | 1 (6) | 2 | 0 | 2 (11) |
| Streptococcus pluranimalium | 0 | 0 | 0 (0) | 2 | 2 | 4 (22) |
| Trueperella pyogenes | 1 | 0 | 1 (6) | 4 | 5 | 9 (50) |
| No growth | 3 | 5 | 8 (47) | 2 | 1 | 3 (17) |