Survey on the Presence of Malassezia spp. in Healthy Rabbit Ear Canals
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
4. Discussion
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Component | LNA | Medium A | Medium B | Medium C | Medium D | Medium E | Medium F | Medium G | Medium H | Medium I |
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Peptone1 | 10 g | 10 g | 6 g | 10 | 10 g | 10 g | 10 g | 10 g | 10 g | 10 g |
Glucose2 | 5 g | 5 g | 5 g | 5 g | 5 g | 5 g | 5 g | 5 g | 5 g | 5 g |
Yeast extract1 | 0.1 g | 0.1 g | 0.5 g | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 g | 0.1 g | 0.1 g | 0.1 g | 0.1 g |
Bile bovine2 | 4 g | 4 g | 4 g | 4 g | 4 g | 20 g | 4 g | 4 g | 4 g | 20 g |
Glycerol2 | 1 mL | - | 1 mL | 1 mL | 1 mL | 1 mL | 1 mL | 1 mL | 1 mL | 1 mL |
Glycerol monostearate3 | 0.5 g | 0,5 g | 0.5g | 0.5 | 0.5 g | 0.5 g | 0.5 g | 0.5 g | 0.5 g | 0.5 g |
Tween 602 | 0.5 mL | 0.5 mL | 0.5 mL | 0.5 | 0.5 mL | 0.5 | - | - | - | - |
Tween 402 | - | 0.5 mL | - | 0.5 | 0.5 mL | - | - | - | - | - |
Tween 802 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.5 mL | - | - |
Tween 202 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.5 mL | - |
Cholesterol2 | - | - | - | 10 mg | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Boiling extract of ear rabbit6 | - | - | - | - | 10 mL | - | - | - | - | - |
Oleic acid2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.5 mL | - | - | - |
Olive oil4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 mL |
Malt extract1 | - | - | 3 g | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Whole-fat cows milk5 | 10 mL | 10 mL | 10 mL | 10 mL | 10 mL | 10 mL | 10 mL | 10 mL | 10 mL | 10 mL |
Agar1 | 12 g | 12 g | 12g | 12 g | 12 g | 12 g | 12 g | 12 g | 12 g | 12 g |
Housing Methods | Breeding | |||||
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Home (%) | Cage (%) | Rural (%) | Meat (%) | Companion (%) | ||
Sex* | Males | 43 (50) | 34 (49.3) | 6 (46.1) | 32 (45.7) | 51 (52) |
Females | 43 (50) | 35 (50.7) | 7 (53.9) | 38 (54.3) | 47 (48) | |
Age | ≤ 3months | 20 (23.3) | 41 (59.4) | 11 (84.6) | 52 (74.3) | 20 (20.4) |
> 3 months | 66 (76.7) | 28 (40.6) | 2 (15.4) | 18 (25.7) | 78 (79.6) | |
Feeding | Mixeda | 86 (100) | 32 (46.4) | 13 (100) | 33 (47.1) | 98 (100) |
Pellet | 0 | 37 (53.6) | 0 | 37 (52.9) | 0 | |
Total | 86 | 69 | 13 | 70 | 98 |
Predictors | Categories | Percentages (%) | χ2 coeff. | P-Value |
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Production systems | Meat | 72.9 | 10.41 | 0.001 |
Companion | 48 | |||
Sex | Female | 67.1 | 5.39 | 0.02 |
Male | 49.4 | |||
Age | ≤3 months | 68.1 | 4.9 | 0.027 |
>3 months | 51 | |||
Housing methods | Home | 54.6 | 6.747 | 0.034 |
Cage | 56.5 | |||
Rural | 92.3 | |||
Feeding | Pellet | 83.8 | 12.65 | <0.001 |
Mixed | 51.1 |
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Galuppi, R.; Morandi, B.; Agostini, S.; Dalla Torre, S.; Caffara, M. Survey on the Presence of Malassezia spp. in Healthy Rabbit Ear Canals. Pathogens 2020, 9, 696. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens9090696
Galuppi R, Morandi B, Agostini S, Dalla Torre S, Caffara M. Survey on the Presence of Malassezia spp. in Healthy Rabbit Ear Canals. Pathogens. 2020; 9(9):696. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens9090696
Chicago/Turabian StyleGaluppi, Roberta, Benedetto Morandi, Silvia Agostini, Sara Dalla Torre, and Monica Caffara. 2020. "Survey on the Presence of Malassezia spp. in Healthy Rabbit Ear Canals" Pathogens 9, no. 9: 696. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens9090696