THE PERIPARTURIENT DISEASE COMPLEX OF THE SOW .1. EVALUATION OF THE COURSE OF THE BACTERIURIA OF URINE SAMPLES OF OLD SOWS DURING THE PERIPARTURIENT PERIOD

In an industrial pig production unit ten sows were selected at random. All the sows had puerperal disease in their anamnesis and all of them revealed at the time of selection - during their late pregnancy - Uri nary Tract Infection (UT)I and vaginal-vulvar discharge (VD). Mid-stre am early morning urine samples were collected during four days ante pa rtum and during four days post partum. The samples were semiquantitati vely examined for E. coli and gram positive cocci. Three sows showed a nte partum non significant bacteriuria which turned into significant b acteriuria post partum. The majority of the reminding sows revealed a significant bacteriuria during the whole period of examination.