Bacterial profile and comparative antimicrobial efficacy of fresh urine of cows, buffaloes and humans
作者机构：Division of EpidemiologyICAR-Indian Veterinary Research InstituteIzatnagar-243122India
出 版 物：《Infectious Diseases Research》 (传染病研究（英文）)
年 卷 期：2022年第3卷第4期
页 面：31-36页
主 题：holy cow urine antimicrobia Escherichia coli Salmonella Acinetobacter Klebsiella pneumoniae
摘 要：Background:Holy cow(Bos indicus)urine is often considered a valuable therapeutic agent in India for treatment of many illnesses including infectious *** study was conducted to assess the presence of potentially pathogenic bacteria and to determine antibacterial activity of cow urine vis a vis human and buffalo urine using standard bacteriological ***:The study on 73 urine samples(Murra buffalo,Bubalus bubalis 13;Sahiwal cattle,Bos indicus 11;Tharparkar cattle,Bos indicus 18;Vrindavani cattle,a cross bred strain of Bos indicus and Bos taurus 12,and 19 humans),were collected aseptically and bacteriological analysis was done using standard clinical bacteriological *** determine antibacterial activity of filter-sterilized urine agar well diffusion and microplate broth dilution methods,against a battery of 18 strains,were ***:Revealed presence of at least 14 types of potentially harmful bacteria in fresh urine samples,Escherichia coli,was the most common detected in 13 samples followed by Hafnia alvei(11),Staphylococcus epidermidis(8),Bacillus mycoides(7),Proteus mirabilis(5),Enterococcus faecium(4),Acinetobacter calcoaceticus(3),Enterococcus faecalis(3),Paenibacillus pantothenticus(3),Salmonella enterica *** Ser Enteritidis(3),Klebsiella pneumoniae ***(2),Pantoea agglomerans(2),Erwinia rhapontici(1),and Providencia rettgeri(1).The analysis for antimicrobial activity of filter-sterilized urine samples(73)against 18 test strains revealed that none of the urine could inhibit bacterial growth in agar well diffusion assay and 45 samples failed to inhibit any of the 18 bacteria with broth dilution *** 28 urine samples which inhibited growth of one or more test bacteria were not *** most of the test strains,there was no significant(P0.05)difference in antibacterial potential of different urines irrespective of species,breed and sex of urine ***,*** was inhibited by significantly
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