Antagonistic Effect of Camel's Urine on Some Pathogenic Bacterial Species Present in Cows' Vagina After Parturition
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https://doi.org/10.48165/ijapm.2026.42.02.18Keywords:
Camel's urine, cow vaginal swabs, pathogenic bacteriaAbstract
This research was designed to study antagonistic effect of camel’s urine on some pathogenic bacterial species collected from vaginal swabs of 10 cows postpartum. The best effect of camel’s urine was shown by camel’s sterilized urine followed by the heated urine while, the least effect was by the raw urine. The antibacterial activity of camel’s urine was very slight and weakly evident against Staphylococcus aureus, Micrococcus lotus, Bacillus cereus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Salmonella sp. and Escherichia coli. However, it was observed that the antibacterial activity of camel’s urine induced distinctly marked inhibition zones. The most microbes detected after 72h incubation were mainly Escherichia coli, Bacillus cereus, and Micrococcus lotus. It could be concluded that the camel's urine has antimicrobial activity against bacterial growth in the early stage of incubation, but the inhibitory effects of this urine on the bacterial growth were distinct after 72h of incubation.
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