Isolation of Clostridium species from abomasal lesions of sheep

Abstract

This is the first study in  Iraq aimed to isolate and identify  of Clostridium  bacteria from the abomasal lesions of sheep.

One hundred abomasal samples collected from slaughtered sheep in slaughterhouse of Al-Qasim city, Babylon governorate  in Iraq. abomasal lesions was detected, swabs taken from lesions for bacterial isolation.

Nodules, ulcers and hemorrhage lesions were found in abomasa exam as well as parasites .Direct smear from ulcers  showed presence  of large gram positive bacilli in large numbers and nodules have  been given the higher percentage of  bacterial isolation more than from ulcers.

Fourteen isolates (14%) was C. perferengens  as six isolates from ulcer ( 42.8%) and eight isolates from nodules (57.14%),while  C.sordelli only four isolates were found in ulcers at 4%. In this study concluded that  Clostridium spp. which considered the primary causes of abomasal lesions.