Division of Veterinary Surgery, IVRI, Izatnagar-243 122 (UP)
Karnataka Veterinary, Animal and Fisheries Sciences University, Bidar-585 401 (Karnataka)
The study was conducted on the urine samples of 72 male goats with an objective to study the common microbes responsible for causing urinary infections in the male goats suffering from obstructive urolithiasis and the antibiotics effective against them. All these animals were operated surgically. Antibiotic sensitivity and isolation of the organism showed E. coli, Alkigenes faecalis and Pseudomonas to be the most common organisms. Ciprofloxacin and Piperacillin were the most effective antibiotics as 29.17% samples were having high sensitivity for Ciprofloxacillin and 18.06% were having sensitivity for Piperacillin. Positive correlation between alkaline urine pH and urinary tract infection proved that microbes in urine and resulting urinary tract infection predisposes calculogenesis by decreasing the dissolution and favouring the precipitation of struvite stones, which are the most common type of calculi detected in goats.
