Abstract
In the present study, isolation of Moraxella bovis was done from the microbiological examination of frozen semen straws from clinically healthy twelve Jersey and one Jersey-cross bull supplied by a semen laboratory. The organism was identified on the basis of colonial morphology and biochemical characteristics. Further, viable cell count of the bacterium was studied in detail in the semen sample.
Keywords: Semen, Moraxella bovis
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