Evaluation of bacterial load in fresh ejaculates of bovine and buffalo bull semen in Himachal Pradesh


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Authors

  • SANDEEP JASIAL
  • R C KATOCH
  • DEEPTI CHACHARA
  • ARVIND MAHAJAN

Keywords:

Bacterial load, Bovine bull, Buffalo bull, Semen

Abstract

Fresh semen (75) ejaculates from breeding bulls (16 cow bulls and 6 buffalo bulls) were studied for bacterial load and the type of bacteria present. The bovine bulls (33.3%) and buffalo bulls (24.1 %) carried the bacterial load from 10 000 to 50000/ml and 100 to 5 000/ml respectively. On an average bacterial count per ml of neat semen ranged from 5 000 to 56 000 in 46 ejaculates of bovine bulls and 4 100 to 18000 in 29 ejaculates of buffalo bulls. The different microorganisms as staphylococci (19), micrococci (1), corynebacteria (2), members of Enterobacteriaceae (12) and anthracoids (49) were isolated from semen.

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Author Biographies

  • SANDEEP JASIAL
    Microbiologist, Veterinary Polyclinic, Bhangrotu Himachal Pradesh 175 021.
  • R C KATOCH
    Head, Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur, Himachal Pradesh 176 062

  • DEEPTI CHACHARA

    Extension Officer, Krishi Vigyan Kendera, Hardochani Road, Gurdaspur, Punjab 143 621.
  • ARVIND MAHAJAN
    Assistant Professor, Department of Veterinary
    Microbiology, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences,

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Vol. 70 No. 5 (2000)

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How to Cite

JASIAL, S., KATOCH, R. C., CHACHARA, D., & MAHAJAN, A. (2013). Evaluation of bacterial load in fresh ejaculates of bovine and buffalo bull semen in Himachal Pradesh. The Indian Journal of Animal Sciences, 70(5). https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IJAnS/article/view/35876