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The intestinal microbiome in dogs and cats with diarrhoea as detected by a faecal polymerase chain reaction‐based panel in Perth, Western Australia
Author(s) -
Paul AEH,
Stayt J
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
australian veterinary journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.382
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1751-0813
pISSN - 0005-0423
DOI - 10.1111/avj.12867
Subject(s) - campylobacter , giardia , salmonella , biology , feces , virology , polymerase chain reaction , clostridium perfringens , canine parvovirus , veterinary medicine , coronavirus , microbiology and biotechnology , virus , parvovirus , medicine , pathology , bacteria , biochemistry , genetics , disease , covid-19 , infectious disease (medical specialty) , gene
This study reports the prevalence of potential faecal pathogens in the microbiome detected in a cohort of cats and dogs with diarrhoea in Perth, Western Australia. Records from a commercial diagnostic laboratory using faecal PCR testing between July 2014 and August 2015 were reviewed.Of 289 feline faecal samples reviewed, Salmonella spp. (1.7%), Campylobacter spp. (47.6%), Clostridium perfringens (81.3%), Giardia spp. (11.1%), Toxoplasma gondii (1.2%), Tritrichomonas foetus (4.8%), panleukopenia virus (6.5%) and coronavirus (39.5%) were detected. In dogs, Salmonella spp. (5.4%), Campylobacter spp. (36.3%), C. perfringens (85.4%), Giardia spp. (6.2%), parvovirus (9.4%), coronavirus (4.7%) and distemper virus (1.5%) were detected.