Table 1.
Potentially pathogenic bacteria detected by PCR and culture methods in the diet and faeces of domestic cats with (n 3) and without (n 9) symptoms of infection (expressed as number of samples)
| Faecal samples | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Item | Test result | Diet* | No symptoms | Symptomatic† |
| Salmonella detection PCR | ||||
| Negative | 2 | 9 | 0 | |
| Positive | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Campylobacter detection PCR | ||||
| Negative | 2 | 9 | 3 | |
| Positive | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Aerobic culture | ||||
| Clostridium perfringens | ||||
| None reported | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy | 0 | 7 | 2 | |
| Very heavy | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Clostridium species | ||||
| None reported | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Heavy | 0 | 4 | 1 | |
| Very heavy | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Anaerobic culture | ||||
| Escherichia coli | ||||
| Few | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Moderate | 2 | 5 | 1 | |
| Heavy | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
| Very heavy | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Enterococcus species | ||||
| None reported | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Moderate | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Heavy | 1 | 5 | 1 | |
| Very heavy | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
*Whole and ground 1–3-d-old chicks (Rodent Pro).
†Symptomatic = anorexia (n 1); diarrhoea (n 2).