Microbiological studies on foot-rot in cattle and sheep

Clinical examination of 350 cattle and sheep of different ages in faculry farm of vet. Med. Suez Canal University showed that cattle and 85 Sheep were suffering from foot-rot lesions. Biobsy specimens were asceptically, collected from feets that suffered and 37. 65%, Enterobacter cloacae 40% and 27.06%, pseudomonasaeruginosa 36.67% and 37.65% and Klebsiella pneumoniae 15.56% and21.18% in cattle and sheep respectively. 2. The Gram positive facult~tive anaerobes isolated from foot-rot in cattle and sheep weCorynebacterium pyogenes 52.22% and 52.94%, Staphylococcus aureus 47.78% and 49.41%, Anthracoid bacilli 34.44% and 36.47%, - I yeast 26.67% and 25. 8~%, s~a¥hY=lococcus epidermidis 20% and 18.82%, Staphylococcus saprophyticus 17.78% and 16.47% and StreptoResults of antibiotic sensitivity test of main isolated aerobic microorganismsCorynebacterium pyogenes was highly sensitive to gentamicin and chloramphenicol.Escherichia coli was! highly sensitive to tetracycline, gentamicin, chloramphenicol and neomycinStaphylococcus aureus. was highly sensitive to gentamicin, erythromycin, chloramphenicol, neomycin and cephaloridine.