Interrelations of Organism Prevalence, Specimen Collection Method, and Host Age, Sex, and Breed among 8,354 Canine Urinary Tract Infections (1969-1995)

• Published in: Journal of veterinary internal medicine Vol. 15; no. 4; pp. 341 - 347
• Main Authors: Ling, Gerald V., Norris, Carol R., Franti, Charles E., Eisele, Pamela H., Johnson, Deedra L., Ruby, Annette L., Jang, Spencer S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.07.2001
• Subjects: Age Distribution; Animals; Bacteria; Bacteriuria - epidemiology; Bacteriuria - microbiology; Bacteriuria - veterinary; Breeding; California - epidemiology; Dog; Dog Diseases - epidemiology; Dog Diseases - microbiology; Dogs; Enterococcus; Escherichia coli; Escherichia coli - isolation & purification; Female; Fungi; Klebsiella; Male; Prevalence; Proteus; Sex Distribution; Specimen Handling - veterinary; Staphylococcus - isolation & purification; Streptococcus; Urine; California

Selected information was compiled from canine urinalyses and urine cultures conducted between January 1969 and December 1995. Eight thousand three hundred fifty‐four microbial isolates (bacteria and fungi) included 4,873 isolates from females and 3,481 from males. Ten bacterial genera accounted for...