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. 2020 Mar 17;176:86–108. doi: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2020.02.005

Table 1.

Prevalence of Bordetella bronchiseptica in European studies 2000–2019

Country Year Population Method Detection rate Reference
Sweden 2000–2001 302 healthy, non-vaccinated dogs ≥2 years old Bb specific IgG in serum by ELISA 22.0% Eglund et al. (2003)
Germany 1989–2011 493 dogs with CIRDC Bb in BALF by culture 5.2% Rheinwald et al. (2015)
Austria 1997–2007 68 dogs with pneumonia Bb in lung samples by IHC 14.7% Woehrer et al. (2016)
Germany 2004–2009 84 dogs with CIRDC Bb in BALF by culture 20.2% Steinfeld et al. (2012)
EU 2008–2010 215 dogs with CIRDC Bb by culture 22.8% Morrissey et al. (2016)
Italy Not recorded 50 dogs with CIRDC Bb in throat swabs by RT-PCR 52.0% Corona et al. (2013)
Germany 2011–2012 61 dogs with CIRDC
90 healthy dogs
Bb in nasal and pharyngeal swabs by RT-PCR 78.7%
45.6%
Schulz et al. (2014b)
Italy 2011–2013 78 dogs with CIRDC Bb in nasal and pharyngeal swabs by RT-PCR 10.3% Decaro et al. (2016)
Austria 2013–2015 214 dogs with CIRDC
50 healthy dogs
Bb in nasal and throat swabs by PCR and culture 3.3%
0.0%
Stejskal et al. (2017)
Poland 2014–2015 40 dogs with CIRDC Bb in URT swabs and tracheal fluid by PCR 30.0% Kaczorek et al. (2016)
Belgium 2009–2016 24 dogs with eosinophilic bronchopneumonia
21 dogs with chronic bronchitis
15 healthy dogs
Bb in BALF by qPCR 25.0%
10.0%
13.0%
Canonne et al. (2018)
UK 2016–2019 1,602 canine respiratory samples Bb in samples by qPCR 12.9–17.3% Singleton et al. (2019)

BALF, bronchoalveolar lavage fluid; Bb, Bordetella bronchiseptica; CIRDC, canine infectious respiratory disease complex; ELISA, enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; EU, European Union; IHC, immunohistochemistry; PCR, polymerase chain reaction; qPCR, quantitative PCR; RT-PCR, reverse transcriptase PCR; UK, United Kingdom; URT, upper respiratory tract.