Diagnosis of Bovine Respiratory Infection by Isolation and Identification of Kl. PNEUMONIA in Karbala City

Abstract

To isolate the Klebsiella pneumonia nasal swab samples were dependent for the current study this purpose collects 50 Nasal swab samples from 1-2-year-old seasick cows showing respiratory exhibitions. Swabs samples were collected from different farms located in the Karbala governorate. The study was carried out from the period 20/12/2021 to 15/2/2021. The swabs were subjected to routine bacterial isolation procedures, by culture in nutrient broth, then Maconkey and blood agar, then Gram stain test and determination of the general morphological physiognomies of the colony. Then submitted to further micromorphological examination oxidase, and indole test, then confirmed by Vitek 2 system. The results of the current study revealed the growth of more than one type of bacteria in a diverse medium. Klebsiella pneumonia was isolated from 2 cases in pure form while another species mingled with (E. coli, proteus, staph, and pseudomonas).