BACTERIOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF DOGS WITH SIRS

R.C. SUNDARA RAJAN¹*, M. BALAGANGATHARATHILAG², S. SUBAPRIYA³, S. VAIRAMUTHU^4
1Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine, Ethics and Jurisprudence, Madras Veterinary College, Tamilnadu Veterinary & Animal Sciences University, Chennai, Tamilnadu
²Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine, Ethics and Jurisprudence, Madras Veterinary College, Tamilnadu Veterinary & Animal Sciences University, Chennai, Tamilnadu
³Department Centralized Clinical Laboratory Tamilnadu Veterinary & Animal Science University, Chennai, Tamilnadu
⁴Department Centralized Clinical Laboratory Tamilnadu Veterinary & Animal Science University, Chennai, Tamilnadu
* Corresponding Author : rcsundararajan@gmail.com

Received : 16-06-2016     Accepted : 01-07-2016     Published : 18-10-2016
Volume : 8     Issue : 48       Pages : 2015 - 2016
Int J Agr Sci 8.48 (2016):2015-2016

Keywords : Septic SIRS, Bactremia, Blood culture
Academic Editor : Dr N.R. Senthil, Dr D. Chandrasekar
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : None declared
Author Contribution : None declared

The objective of this study was to demarcate the septic and non septic dogs with SIRS and to describe the variety of bacteria involved. The study was conducted in 110 dogs of which 80 clinical cases of dogs, which had SIRS, and 30 normal healthy dogs which were taken as control group. Bacteremia was detected by blood culture in 72% (80/110) of dogs and 0% (0/30) of control dogs. Bacteria cultured from blood included Escherichia coli (70% of all isolates), Staphyloccous sp (20%) and Bacillus sp (10%). It was concluded that blood culture was a reliable and standard test for demarcating dogs with septic and non septic SIRS compared with other diagnostic modalities.