Identification of opportunistic bacteria in buffalo species suffered with gastrointestinal tract disorders

Abstract

The present study was conducted on 38 buffalo carcasses (17 adult buffalo and 21 buffalo calves) affected by gastrointestinal tract disorders received for post-mortem examination at the Department of Veterinary Pathology, LUVAS, Hisar, during a period of August 2019 to January 2020. Bacteriological isolations were carried out aseptically from the heart blood, liver, and mesenteric lymph nodes. Identification of bacterial species through the Vitek-2 Compact system revealed that most of the bacterial species were identified in the liver, followed by mesenteric lymph nodes and heart blood. Escherichia coli were found to be the most prevalent bacterial species in mesenteric lymph nodes, followed by liver and heart blood.