Isolation and Identification of Facultative Anaerobic Bacteria from Feces of Pet Dogs

Authors

  • SMA AL-Kubaisi1, Omar-Althani Shareef Saed2, Jassim Mohamed Suleiman2, Mustafa Salah Hasan1, Maher Saber Owain2, Ahmed Sami Jarad1

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37506/mlu.v20i1.463

Keywords:

Facultative anaerobic, dog, E. coli, Salmonella, puppies

Abstract

A fifty fecal swabs (25 from Anbar province and 25 from Salahuddin province) were collected from both sexes dogs with different global breeds, different ages. These swabs were cultured onto blood , nutrient and MacConkey agars, then the colonies were purified on nutrient and MacConkey agars. A gram stain and biochemical tests were done including catalase, oxidase and TSI. The results of isolation and identification showed that Salmonella spp. were isolated from 5 out of 14 puppies (35.7%), while E. coli from 9 (64.3%) and Serratia spp. from 1(7.1%), whereas, from adults , salmonella spp. isolated from 9 (25%) dogs and E. coli from 24 (66.7%) out of 36 adult dogs.
It is concluded that Salmonella spp. and E. coli are the most prevalent in asymptomatic dogs and puppies in Anbar province and Salahuddin which means that the dogs are a reservoir for these bacteria and it is considered as a bad indication for transmission of this pathogen to human being and other animals.

Author Biography

  • SMA AL-Kubaisi1, Omar-Althani Shareef Saed2, Jassim Mohamed Suleiman2, Mustafa Salah Hasan1, Maher Saber Owain2, Ahmed Sami Jarad1

    1Department of Internal and Preventive Medicine, College of Vet. Med.,University of Fallujah, Iraq,
    2Department of Internal and Preventive Medicine, College of Vet. Med., University of Tikrit, Iraq

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Published

2020-04-09

Issue

Vol. 20 No. 1 (2020): Medico Legal Update

Section

Articles

How to Cite

Isolation and Identification of Facultative Anaerobic Bacteria from Feces of Pet Dogs. (2020). Medico Legal Update, 20(1), 783-787. https://doi.org/10.37506/mlu.v20i1.463