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ACTA VETERINARIA BRNO
Volume 76, Issue 4, Pages 619-625Publisher
VETERINARNI A FARMACEUTICKA UNIVERZITA BRNO
DOI: 10.2754/avb200776040619
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prevalence; S. canis; biochemical properties; 16S-23S rRNA intergenic spacer region
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To determine the prevalence of Streptococcus canis in dogs and cats, a total of 926 swabs were examined bacteriologically in the period from 2003 to 2005. Eighty-six isolates obtained from various anatomical locations were further characterized for their phenotypic properties. The most frequently isolated biotype produced phosphatase, leucine amidopeptidase, arginine dihydrolase, alpha-D- and beta-D-galactosidase and fermented lactose and ribose. Additional identification by species-specific amplification of the 16S-23S rRNA intergenic spacer region was consistent with S. canis. All isolates were susceptible to penicillin G and ampicillin. The least effective antimicrobial agent was found to be tetracycline (only 33.8% of susceptible strains).
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