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Table 1 Results of the cultures prepared from transport fluids, oral and intestinal smears of 10 leeches.

From: External decontamination of wild leeches with hypochloric acid

Number of leech

Source of the culture material

Bacterial Growth

1

oral flora

no reproduction

 

intestinal flora

no reproduction

 

transport fluid

no reproduction

2

oral flora

Aeromonas hydro/cavie, Aeromonas spp, Acinetobacter spp

 

intestinal flora

Aeromonas hydro/cavie, Aeromonas spp, Acinetobacter spp

 

transport fluid

Aeromonas hydro/cavie, Aeromonas spp, Acinetobacter spp

3

oral flora

no reproduction

 

intestinal flora

Aeromonas hydro/cavie

 

transport fluid

no reproduction

4

oral flora

no reproduction

 

intestinal flora

Aeromonas hydro/cavie

 

transport fluid

Aeromonas hydro/cavie, Aeromonas spp, Acinetobacter spp

5

oral flora

no reproduction

 

intestinal flora

Aeromonas sobria

 

transport fluid

no reproduction

6

oral flora

no reproduction

 

intestinal flora

Aeromonas sobria

 

transport fluid

Acinetobacter spp, methicillin sensitive-coagulase negative Staphylococcus spp

7

oral flora

Aeromonas salmonicidia, Pseudomonas spp, Sphingobacterium spp

 

intestinal flora

Aeromonas hydro/cavie, Aeromonas sobria

 

transport fluid

Aeromonas hydro/cavie, Aeromonas salmonicidia

8

oral flora

Aeromonas hydro/cavie

 

intestinal flora

Aeromonas sobria

 

transport fluid

Pseudomonas spp

9

oral flora

Aeromonas hydro/cavie

 

intestinal flora

Aeromonas hydro/cavie

 

transport fluid

no reproduction

10

oral flora

no reproduction

 

intestinal flora

Aeromonas hydro/cavie

 

transport fluid

no reproduction