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After slaughter or surgically there were taken oviducts from 16 cows, 28 ewes and 7 does to assess their contents bacteriologically. It was found that the oviducts taken from cows and does were free from bacterial flora in 56, 58 and 100 per cent, respectively. Streptococcus spp was found in 6 cases and Staphylococcus spp in 7 cases in cows. In ewes Streptococcus spp was noted in 5, Staphylococcus in 13 and Pseudomonas spp in one cause. There was no growth of opportunistic bacteria in the rinsings of the oviduct of does.