The effect of the oral administration of lactic-acid probiotic bacteria on the vaginal microflora of bitches
Piotr Andrzej Socha
Department of Animal Reproduction with Clinic, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Warmia and Mazury in OlsztynOlsztyn, Poland
Orcid profileSearch for this author on
and Sławomir Zduńczyk
Department of Animal Reproduction with Clinic, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Warmia and Mazury in OlsztynOlsztyn, Poland
Orcid profileSearch for this author on
Aug 07, 2025
About this article
Published Online: Aug 07, 2025
Received: Jan 31, 2025
Accepted: Jul 22, 2025
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jvetres-2025-0041
Keywords
© 2025 Piotr Andrzej Socha et al., published by Sciendo
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Fig. 1.
Fig. 2.
Bacteria isolated from vaginal swab samples of Labrador retriever bitches (n = 38) before (day 0) and after (day 63) the oral administration of lactic-acid probiotic bacteria
| Bacteria | Day 0 | Day 63 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| number | % | number | % | |
| 21 | 55.3 | 23 | 60.5 | |
| 17 | 44.7a | 19 | 50.0b | |
| 9 | 23.7 | 11 | 28.9 | |
| - | - | 11 | 28.9 | |
| 7 | 18.4 | - | - | |
| 6 | 15.8 | - | - | |
| 2 | 5.3 | 4 | 10.5 | |
| 2 | 5.3 | - | - | |
| 2 | 5.3a | 10 | 26.3b | |
Number of bacterial strains in the vaginas of Labrador retriever bitches (n = 38) before (day 0) and after (day 63) the oral administration of lactic-acid probiotic bacteria
| Number of strains | Day 0 | Day 63 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| number | % | number | % | |
| 0 | 6 | 15.8 | 2 | 5.3 |
| 1 | 8 | 21.1 | 8 | 21.1 |
| 2 | 15 | 39.5 | 14 | 36.8 |
| 3 | 8 | 21.1 | 10 | 26.3 |
| 4 | 1 | 2.6 | 4 | 10.5 |