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Volume 22 (9):739-743, 2018.
Prevalence of salmonellosis in domestic dogs.
Woroud Salih Ibrahim and Afaf
Abdulrahman Yousif
College of Veterinary Medicine, University of
Baghdad, Iraq.
ABSTRACT
Ibrahim WS, Yousif
AA, Prevalence of salmonellosis in domestic dogs, Onl
J Vet Res., 22
(9):739-743, 2018.
Dogs carry and shed Salmonella in great numbers in bowels
and mesenteric lymph nodes without clinical signs. This makes prevalence
difficult to establish especially in domestic dogs. Authors report prevalence of
Salmonella in feces of 65 puppies and 49 adult domestic dogs in Baghdad,
Iraq determined by bacteriological and serological methods. Salmonella typhimurium were identified
as catalase positive, oxidase negative and on TSI, lactose non-fermenting,
producing hydrogen sulphide gas with alkaline slant, acid
bottom indole negative. MR negative, VP and citrate positive.
Salmonella typhimurium was isolated
from feces of 3 puppies and 1 adult males accounting for a low prevalence of
~4.4%. In those infected, clinical signs included variable bloody diarrhea, dehydration, dullness,
inappetence, congestion of mucous membrane and
increased temperature, pulse and respiration rates.
Key words: Salmonella, dogs and puppies, Serotyping of Salmonella,
diarrhea.
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