Table 5.
Percentages of bacterial types in the oral cavities of OMM-bearing dogs and controls.
| Bacteria Species | OMM (Mean % ± SD) (n = 15) |
Controls (Mean % ± SD) (n = 15) |
p-Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tannerella forsythia | 1.71 ± 1.25 | 0.62 ± 0.62 | 0.017 * |
| Porphyromonas cangingivalis + Tannerella forsythia | 1.71 ± 1.25 | 0.62 ± 0.63 | 0.017 * |
| Bergeyella zoohelcum | 0.63 ± 1.36 | 4.16 ± 10.86 | 0.027 * |
| Porphyromonas canoris | 2.33 ± 3.99 | 4.11 ± 4.78 | 0.128 |
| Bacteroides pyogenes | 3.45 ± 5.21 | 1.81 ± 4.52 | 0.180 |
| Filifactor alocis | 0.57 ± 1.17 | 0.8 ± 1.17 | 0.222 |
| Neisseria shayeganii | 1.95 ± 2.95 | 0.9 ± 1.72 | 0.310 |
| Capnocytophaga cynodegmi | 4.47 ± 15.89 | 0.89 ± 1.66 | 0.356 |
| Moraxella sp. | 10.36 ± 14.21 | 12.51 ± 16.69 | 0.367 |
| Capnocytophaga canimorsus | 1.75 ± 5.18 | 1.84 ± 5.22 | 0.433 |
| Wolinella succinogenes | 1.39 ± 2.21 | 1.27 ± 1.56 | 0.482 |
| Fusobacterium nucleatum | 5.96 ± 8.98 | 2.32 ± 2.46 | 0.549 |
| Porphyromonas cangingivalis | 19.15 ± 17.46 | 14.92 ± 15.86 | 0.564 |
| Porphyromonas gingivicanis | 2.39 ± 2.13 | 3.12 ± 3.09 | 0.580 |
| Pasteurella canis | 1.6 ± 2.36 | 0.97 ± 1.61 | 0.612 |
| Pasteurella dagmatis | 1.69 ± 2.06 | 4.78 ± 12.33 | 0.712 |
| Porphyromonas gulae | 13.32 ± 15.87 | 9.93 ± 12.84 | 0.729 |
| Treponema denticola | 0.92 ± 0.97 | 1.17 ± 1.32 | 0.818 |
| Conchiformibius steedae | 3.14 ± 5.43 | 2.85 ± 4.68 | 0.907 |
| Fusobacterium russii | 10.15 ± 12.22 | 9.87 ± 12.68 | 1.000 |
| Campylobacter rectus | 2.4 ± 1.54 | 2.47 ± 1.78 | 1.000 |
* indicates that the values are significantly different.