Table 3.

Microbiology characterization of isolates recovered from culture swabs of the cotton rat conjunctiva. P. pneumotropica: Pasteurella pneumotropica, S. aureus: Staphylococcus aureus

		Isolate
Animal ID	Health status	OD	OS
DI (Male)	Healthy-12 mo old	N/A	Coryneform, Streptococcus – α hemolytic, P. pneumotropica, Staphylococcus capitus
DY (Male)	Healthy-9 mo old	N/A	Coryneform, Streptococcus – α hemolytic
EI (Male)	Healthy-7 wk old	N/A	Coryneform, Streptococcus – α hemolytic, P. pneumotropica, Staphylococcus sciuri
DI (Female)	OS affected	Coryneform, Streptococcus – α hemolytic	Streptococcus agalactiae, Staphylococcus xylosus, Klebsiella pneumoniae
DT (Female)	OD affected	Streptococcus – α hemolytic, S. aureus, Streptococcus merionis	Coryneform, Streptococcus – α hemolytic, Staphylococcus xylosus
DD (Male)	OS affected	N/A	Coryneform, Corynebacterium aurimucosum, Staphylococcus saprophyticus
DF (Female)	OS affected	N/A	Streptococcus- α hemolytic, P. pneumotropica, S. aureus, Streptococcus – nonhemolytic, Staphylococcus capitus
DE (Female)	OS affected	N/A	P. pneumotropica, S. aureus
DR (Male)	OD affected	Streptococcus – α hemolytic, S. aureus, Staphylococcus succinus	Coryneform, Streptococcus merionis, Micrococcus luteus