Dental diseases are a persistent problem, not only in humans, but very often in companion animals as well. Aetiological agents of these diseases are the dental plaque bacteria. In the present study, we focused on identifying cultivable bacteria living in the dental plaque of dogs, specifically dogs ...

Actinomycosis, also called Lumpy jaw is a chronic, progressive, indurated, granulomatous, suppurative abscess that most frequently involves the mandible, the maxillae or other bony tissues in the head. It is a sporadic but common disease in cattle, occasional in pigs and horses and rarely in goats...

The outbreak rate and causative agents of otitis externa were evaluated in 26 dogs (23 dogs with bilateral and 3 dogs with unilateral otitis), and the normal microflora of the external ear canal was examined in 68 dogs in Taegu in 1997. Otitis was commonest in dogs with erect and hairy ears...

In 58 clinical cases of canine otitis externa, examined in Lusaka, Zambia between 1993 and 1995, 67 bacterial isolates (Staphylococcus aureus (n=37), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (15), Escherichia coli (6), Staphylococcus epidermidis (3), Streptococcus sp. (2) Proteus mirabilis (2), Staphylococcus...

Of 229 number of cases of canine pyoderma 157 were superficial pyoderma (of which 94 cases were skin fold pyoderma) and 72 were deep pyoderma. Single infections of coagulase positive Staphylococcus aureus were found in 101 cases, while the other cases were due to mixed infections of S. aureus, ...

The bile ducts of 28 dogs were totally or partially closed using sutures and the liver and bile examined for microorganisms after the animals died or were killed. It is concluded that in the absence of hepato-biliary disease the bile of dogs is sterile. It is further concluded that occlusion of the ...

In 41 dogs, secondary deep pyoderma was associated with atopy in 12 cases (29.3%), flea allergy in 8 cases (19.5%), food allergy in 4 cases (9.8%), demodicosis in 12 cases (29.3%), and Microsporum infection in 5 cases (12.2%). Primary bacterial agents were Staphylococcus intermedius in 78% of cases ...

Of 45 dogs with dermatitis, bacterial and/or fungal infections were found in 36; there were 27 with bacterial infections and 22 with fungal infections. The bacteria isolated were Staphylococcus aureus in 18, Streptococcus pyogenes (4), Actinomyces pyogenes (2), Bacillus spp. (2), and Pseudomonas...