Background: The American Heartworm Society currently recommends the use of a monthly macrocyclic lactone, a 28-day course of 10 mg/kg doxycycline BID, and the 3-dose protocol of melarsomine dihydrochloride for the treatment of canine heartworm disease. Doxycycline is necessary for the reduction of...

One of the predominating bacteria that causes diarrhoea is Escherichia coli (E. coli) in canines and may need treatment. The present study was focused on the isolation of E. coli spp. from dogs; its morphological and biochemical characterization, and assessment of its antibiotic sensitivity. About...

Canine bacterial keratitis is a common infection that can potentially threaten vision. Staphylococcus pseudintermedius (S. pseudintermedius) is an opportunistic pathogen that has been isolated from the canine conjunctival sac but there are only a few reports on the role of this bacterium in canine...

Dogs and humans are in constant interaction which can be in the form of close friendship, or sometimes an attack by dogs on people. Dog bite cases are common in the world and Streptococcus species are often isolated from these cases and most frequently isolated species is Streptococcus canis. ...

Kennel cough or canine infectious respiratory disease caused by a viral or bacterial infection can cause a coughing reaction. The predisposing factors for the incidence of kennel cough in dogs were species, age, sex, season, dog density on kennels, and vaccination history. Case dog was not...

Background: Ear tip ulcerative dermatitis (ETUD) is an uncommon clinical reaction pattern in canine dermatology. The lesions are suggestive of vascular damage which may be caused by inflammatory or noninflammatory diseases, and often are idiopathic. Therapeutic options for ETUD include topical...

Despite increasing interest to study skin microbiota with progressive methods, there are almost no data on staphylococcal species distribution on skin of healthy dogs available. Therefore we decide to characterize staphylococci isolated from 8 different body sites (inner pinna, chin, nasal skin,...

Epidemic antimicrobial resistance in various bacteria has been considered as a major threat to human health. Resistance to tetracycline has increased in Escherichia coli, mostly encoded by tetA gene due to extensive use and transfer of gene to bacteria. We developed an in vivo dog model to assess ...

The close contact between humans and their dogs can lead to the commingling of staphylococci and the exchange of mobile genetic elements encoding antimicrobial resistance. The objectives of this study were to determine the species distribution and antimicrobial resistance patterns of staphylococci...

Canine cutaneous sterile pyogranuloma/granuloma syndrome (SPGS) is an uncommon skin disease in dogs and cats. Clinical manifestations are skin lesions such as papules, nodules and plaques; however, nodules are the most commonly described lesions in the course of cutaneous sterile...