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. 2003 Aug 29;95(1-2):149-56.
doi: 10.1016/s0378-1135(03)00155-x.

The association of Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus with canine infectious respiratory disease

Victoria J Chalker  1 , Harriet W Brooks, Joe Brownlie
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The association of Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus with canine infectious respiratory disease

Victoria J Chalker et al. Vet Microbiol. .

Abstract

Canine infectious respiratory disease (CIRD) is a multi-factorial infection that affects many kennelled dogs despite the wide use of vaccination. Current vaccines aim to protect against viral agents and a single bacterial agent, Bordetella bronchiseptica. We sought to examine the role of streptococcal species in CIRD. The isolation and identification of streptococci in the lower respiratory tract of clinically healthy dogs and those with CIRD were used to correlate the presence of specific streptococcal species with respiratory disease. In this study we report that the presence of S. equi subsp. zooepidemicus is associated with increasing severity of disease in a population of kennelled dogs with endemic CIRD.

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Isolation of S. canis and S. equi subsp. zooepidemicus from 209 kennelled dogs with clinical respiratory score (n: total number of dogs in each group). Err bars represent confidence intervals (95%).
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Percentage of dogs with CIRD, S. canis or S. equi subsp. zooepidemicus with time in the kennel (n: total number of dogs in each group from a total of 209 dogs). Err bars represent confidence intervals (95%).
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