Investigating the prevalence of Salmonella in dogs within the Midlands region of the United Kingdom

BMC Veterinary Research

Anthony Hilton²  Nancy Gee¹  Corrin Wallis¹  Preena Lowden² 

[1] WALTHAM Centre for Pet Nutrition, Waltham-on-the-Wolds, Leicestershire LE14 4RB, UK;Life and Health Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham B4 7ET, UK

关键词: Prevalence;    Epidemiology;    Dog;    Zoonosis;    Salmonella;   

Others  :  1227229
DOI  :  10.1186/s12917-015-0553-z

 received in 2015-01-28, accepted in 2015-09-10,  发布年份 2015

【 摘 要 】

Background

The intimate relationship between dogs and their owners has the potential to increase the risk of human exposure to bacterial pathogens. Over the past 40 years, there have been several reports on transmission of salmonellae from dogs to humans. This study therefore aimed to determine the prevalence of Salmonella in the faeces of dogs from the Midlands region of the United Kingdom to assess exposure risk and potential for zoonotic transmission.

Results

A total of 436 apparently healthy dogs without diarrhoea from households (n = 126), rescue centres (n = 96), boarding kennels (n = 43), retired greyhound kennels (n = 39) and a pet nutrition facility (n = 132) were investigated for Salmonella shedding. Faecal samples were processed by an enrichment culture based method. The faeces from one dog (0.23 %; 95 % confidence limit 0.006 %, 1.27 %) was positive for Salmonella. The species was S. enterica subspecies arizonae.

Conclusion

This study showed that the prevalence of Salmonella from faeces from apparently healthy dogs from a variety of housing conditions is low; however, Salmonella shedding was still identified.

【 授权许可】

   
2015 Lowden et al.

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