Identifying Oral Bacterial Microflora Associated with Canine Dental Plaque A Study of 53 Canines Patel A.M.*, Vadalia J.V., Kumar Vineet, Patel P.B., Barad D.B.2 Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry Junagadh Agricultural University (JAU), Junagadh-362001, Gujarat 2Department of Veterinary Microbiology, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry Junagadh Agricultural University (JAU), Junagadh-362001, Gujarat *Corresponding author E-mail: dratulvet07@yahoo.co.in
Online published on 2 April, 2016. Abstract A total of 1594 dogs were screened and 53 dogs were found positive for dental affections. Recorded prevalence was 27 (50.94%) in Spitz cross, 5 (9.43%) in Doberman, 5 (9.43%) in Labrador, 8 (15.09%) in German shepherd, 1 (1.8%) in Great Dane, 1 (1.8%) in Saint Bernard and 6 (11.3%) in non-descript. Bacteria were isolated from the dental plaques and identified by Gram's staining. Among 27 samples, 8 bacterial genera were identified and those were of Neisseria (11.11%), Staphylococcus (29.62%), Bacillus (22.22%), Escherichia (14.81%), Moraxella (11.11%), Pseudomonas (3.73%), Streptococcus (11.11%) and Corynebacterium (3.73%). Top Keywords Canine, dental plaque, dog, oral microflora. Top |