Bacterial isolation and microbial susceptibility in biological samples of dogs

Authors

  • Claudio Douglas de Oliveira Guimarães Guimarães Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia
  • Cleysiane da Silva Ferreira Universidade Federal do Pará
  • Kátia Maria Costa da Silva Universidade Federal do Pará
  • Antonia Benedita Rodrigues Vieira Universidade Federal do Pará
  • José Maria dos Santos Vieira Universidade Federal do Pará

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22256/PUBVET.V11N2.168-175

Keywords:

Bacterial infections in dogs, antimicrobial susceptibility, antibiotics

Abstract

Bacterial infections are of great importance in veterinary medicine and antimicrobial of choice must be made judiciously. This study aims to identify the bacteria and describe the bacterial susceptibility profile in biological samples of dogs sent for analysis in a particular laboratory in Belém, Pará, Brazil. For this, 59 biological samples were analyzed, 34 samples of ear secretion and 25 urine samples submitted for culture and sensitivity. Animal data such as sex, age and race were also considered and subsequently planned and analyzed in Microsoft Excel®. The main bacterial agent identified in ear secretions was Staphylococcus sp., while in urine samples Escherichia coli was the most frequent. None of the antimicrobial agents was able to inhibit the growth of the agents in this study, however, amikacin, ampicillin, ceftriaxone and imipenem obtained the best sensitivity results.

Published

2017-02-06

Issue

Section

Medicina veterinária

How to Cite

Bacterial isolation and microbial susceptibility in biological samples of dogs. (2017). Pubvet, 11(02). https://doi.org/10.22256/PUBVET.V11N2.168-175

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