Conjunctival bacterial and fungal isolates in clinically healthy working horses in Iran [İran'da klinik olarak saǧli{dotless}kli{dotless} yük atlari{dotless}ndan İzole edilen konjunktival bakteriyel ve fungal ajanlar]

This study was conducted to identify bacterial and fungal isolates of the normal eyes in working horses in iran. ninety swabs were taken from the conjunctival sac of 45 clinically healthy horses. aerobic bacterial and fungal cultures were plated. a total of 9 different bacterial species (3 gram-positive,6 gram-negative) and 7 different fungal species (6 molds,1 yeast) were recovered. bacillus spp.,staphylococcus spp. and klebsiella spp. were the most frequently isolated bacteria. aspergillus spp. and penicillium spp. were the most frequently recovered fungi. the microbial species isolated are comparable with studies performed on horses in other areas.