title: Significance of the vaginal bacterial flora in the bitch: a review.
abstract: The literature on the bacterial flora in the vagina of the bitch is reviewed. The bacterial flora in the vagina of healthy bitches is compared with the flora of infertile bitches and bitches with vaginitis, and the role of Brucella canis as a cause of infertility is evaluated. Several investigators have recommended that bitches with reproductive disorders be treated with antibacterial drugs, but there is very little knowledge of the effect of this therapy on the bacterial flora in the vagina.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Sciences of Companion Animals, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: van Duijkeren
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D002002:Brucella / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary; D002353:Carrier State / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary; D014621:Vagina / Q000382:microbiology*; D014627:Vaginitis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary