Bacteria in Normal Canine Milk Analyzed by Blood Agar Medium
Abstract
:Simple Summary
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Design
2.2. Study Population
2.3. Milk Sampling Procedure
2.4. Inoculation of Blood Agar Plates
2.5. MALDI-TOF and 16S rDNA Sequence
2.6. Statistical Analyses
3. Results
3.1. Bacteria in Normal Milk
3.2. Bacterial Species in Normal Canine Milk
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Bacterial Species | Dam 1 | Dam 2 | Dam 3 | Dam 4 | Dam 5 | Dam 6 | Dam 7 | Dam 8 | Dam 9 | Dam 10 | Dam 11 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Staphylococcus pseudintermedius | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + |
Enterococcus spp. | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + |
Clostridium spp. | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | ||
Coagulase negative staphylococci | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | ||||
Streptococcus spp. | + | + | + | + | + | ||||||
Streptococcus canis | + | + | |||||||||
Bacillus spp. | + | ||||||||||
Pasteurella spp. | + | ||||||||||
Escherichia coli | + |
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Kolasinac, S.S.; Moe, L.; Rootwelt, V.; Sørum, H. Bacteria in Normal Canine Milk Analyzed by Blood Agar Medium. Animals 2023, 13, 2206. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13132206
Kolasinac SS, Moe L, Rootwelt V, Sørum H. Bacteria in Normal Canine Milk Analyzed by Blood Agar Medium. Animals. 2023; 13(13):2206. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13132206
Chicago/Turabian StyleKolasinac, Sabina Sibcic, Lars Moe, Vibeke Rootwelt, and Henning Sørum. 2023. "Bacteria in Normal Canine Milk Analyzed by Blood Agar Medium" Animals 13, no. 13: 2206. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13132206