Evaluation of Bacteria Shed in Faeces of Healthy Zoo Animals-A Pilot Study Awandkar S.P.1, Ghoke S.S.2,*, Naikwade B.S.3 Department of Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences Maharashtra Animal and Fishery Sciences University (MAFSU) Udgir Dist. Latur-413517 (Maharashtra) 1Assistant Professor, Nagpur Veterinary College, Nagpur 2Assistant Professor, Sidhharth Municipal Zoo, Aurangabad 3Zoo Director, Sidhharth Municipal Zoo, Aurangabad *Corresponding author E-mail: sureshghoke2577@gmail.com
Online published on 4 May, 2019. Abstract The total bacterial count, total coliform count and isolations of coprological samples of different herbivore, carnivore, avian and rodents were studied. The study revealed that E. coli, Bacillus spp., Shigella spp., Clostridium perfringens, Staphylococcus spp., Pseudomonas spp., Salmonella spp. and Klebsiella spp. of bacteria were isolated from apparently healthy zoo animals. These animal may be acting as carriers for spreading the microbes. Top Keywords Animal, bacteria, captive, coprological, zoo. Top |