Table 1.
Percent of dogs identified by means of PCR as infected by T. foetus, P. hominis, or concurrent gastrointestinal enteropathogens.
| Absolute number (%) of dogs testing positive by means of real-time PCR for the presence of potential enteric pathogens using DNA extracted from feces | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Infectious agent | Group A (n = 14)b | Group B (n = 14) | Group C (n = 19) |
| Campylobacter spp. | 10 (71) | 6 (43) | 7 (37) |
| Clostridium difficile Toxin A | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (5) |
| Clostridium difficile Toxin B | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (5) |
| Clostridium perfringens enterotoxin A | 4 (29) | 8 (57) | 1 (5) |
| Salmonella spp. | 1 (7) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Canine distemper virus | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Canine enteric coronavirus | 6 (43) | 2 (14) | 0 (0) |
| Canine parvovirus | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Cryptosporidium spp. | 3 (21) | 4 (29) | 2 (11) |
| Giardia spp. | 4 (29) | 2 (14) | 2 (11) |
| Pentatrichomonas hominis | 13 (93) | 0 (0) | 0 (0)a |
| Tritrichomonas foetus | 2 (14) | 0 (0) | 0 (0)a |
Group A; dogs with diarrhea and trichomonosis. Group B; dogs with diarrhea and failure to document suspected trichomonosis. Group C; dogs without diarrhea or trichomonosis.
a
Test results for these samples reported previously (Gookin et al., 2007).
b
Infectious agents identified in the 2 dogs with T. foetus infection in Group A (n = number of dogs) included canine enteric corona virus (2) and Campylobacter (1).