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Volume 9 (2) :79-83, 2005. Redacted 2018.
Conjunctival
flora in normal dogs.
Haghkhah M, Sarchahi
AA, Molazem M
ABSTRACT
Haghkhah
M, Sarchahi AA, Molazem M.,
Conjunctival flora in normal dogs, Onl J Vet Res., 9 (2) :79-83, 2005. Bacterial samples were isolated from
the conjunctival sacs of 39 (65%) of 60 normal dogs. Organisms isolated
included staphylococci 23 (36.5%), Bacillus
spp 17 (26.98%), streptococci 5 (7.93%), Escherichia coli 4 (6.35%), Pseudomonas spp
3 (4.76%), Lactobacillus spp 3 (4.76%), Neisseria
spp 3 (4.76%), Alcaligenes spp 2 (3.17%), Pasteurella spp 1 (1.59%), Klebsiella spp 1 (1.59%), and Francisella spp 1 (1.59%).
KEY WORDS: Bacteria, Dog, Eye, Normal flora.