Table 3.
Number of bacteria (colony-forming units/mL) from raw stallion semen isolated on agar plates (Group B).
| stallion | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staphylococcus spp. | 10,000 | 8000 | 4000 | 6000 | 8000 | 12,000 |
| Bacillus spp. | 100 | 0 | 150 | 100 | 0 | 50 |
| Corynebacterium spp. | 1000 | 0 | 1500 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Micrococcus spp. | 50 | 0 | 0 | 200 | 100 | 0 |
| Fusobacterium spp. | 0 | 400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mycoplasma spp. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5000 |
| Pantoea spp. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 0 |
| Brevibacillus spp. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3000 | 0 |
| Paenibacillus spp. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1000 | 0 | 0 |
| Acinetobacter spp. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 800 | 0 | 0 |
| Aerococcus spp. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 500 | 0 | 0 |
Note: approximately 45% of the bacteria isolated could be idenitifed by MALDI-TOF.