Abstract :
Ostrich birds are less sensitive to infectious agents because ostrich need additional factors and circumstances to
manifest clinical diseases. Most ostrich diseases are multi-factorial, such as, yolk-sac retention infection, poor
hygiene during egg handling and problem during or soon after naval of hatching that is initially gut colonization
due to pathogenic bacteria. A total of 150 samples were processed and different types of bacterial microorganisms
identified through biochemical tests. Among the egg shell E. coli (12%), Citrobacter (6%), Staph. aureus (2%) and
Klebsiella (4%) were the main incriminating organisms. In egg yolk isolated bacteria were E. coli (6%) and
Citrobacter (2%) while in egg albumin E.coli (4%) and Klebsiella (2%) respectively. The bacteria isolated from
reproductive tract were E.coli (2%), Klebsiella (2%), and Serratia (2%) while from gastrointestinal tract secretion
samples revealed E.coli (4%), Citrobactor (2%) and Klebsiella (2%). Bacterial pathogens could tolerate rapidly in
harsh environmental fluctuations and exposure to various toxic chemicals in order to survive. While, the
mechanisms under which these pathogens can survive and proliferate under such extreme environmental conditions
are largely unknown, a little research has been carried out on disease and disease related problems in ostrich.
Present investigation/study is first ever attempting of its nature in ostrich birds in Quetta.
Key Words: Ostrich, Egg, Gastrointestinal, Reproductive, Bacteria.
Keyword :
Ostrich, Egg, Gastrointestinal, Reproductive, Bacteria.