Lifestyle as Risk Factor for Infectious Causes of Death in Young Dogs: A Retrospective Study in Southern Italy (2015–2017)
Joint Authors
Piegari, Giuseppe
Cardillo, Lorena
Iovane, Valentina
Viscardi, Maurizio
Alfano, Flora
Cerrone, Anna
Pagnini, Ugo
Montagnaro, Serena
Galiero, Giorgio
Pisanelli, Giuseppe
Fusco, Giovanna
Source
Veterinary Medicine International
Issue
Vol. 2020, Issue 2020 (31 Dec. 2020), pp.1-10, 10 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2020-06-05
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
10
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Infectious diseases are a common cause of death in young dogs.
Several factors are thought to predispose young dogs to microbiological infections.
Identifying the cause of death is often a challenge, and broad diagnostic analysis is often needed.
Here, we aimed to determine the infectious causes of death in young dogs aged up to 1 year, examining how it relates to age (under and over 6 months), lifestyle (owned versus ownerless), breed (purebred and crossbreed), and gender.
A retrospective study was conducted in a 3-year period (2015–2017) on 138 dead dogs that had undergone necropsy and microbiological diagnostics.
Enteritis and pneumonia were the most commonly observed lesions.
Polymicrobism was more prevalent (62.3%) than single-agent infections and associated with a higher rate of generalised lesions.
Ownerless dogs showed over a three-fold higher predisposition to viral coinfections than owned dogs.
Above all, canine parvovirus was the most prevalent agent (77.5%), followed by canine coronavirus (31.1%) and canine adenovirus (23.9%); ownerless pups had a higher predisposition to these viruses.
Escherichia coli (23.9%), Clostridium perfringens type A (18.1%), and Enterococcus spp.
(8.7%) were the most commonly identified bacteria, which mostly involved in coinfections.
A lower prevalence of CDV and Clostridium perfringens type A was observed in puppies under 6 months of age.
In conclusion, this study is the first comprehensive survey on a wide panel of microbiological agents related to necropsy lesions.
It lays the groundwork for future studies attempting to understand the circulation of infectious agents in a determined area.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Cardillo, Lorena& Piegari, Giuseppe& Iovane, Valentina& Viscardi, Maurizio& Alfano, Flora& Cerrone, Anna…[et al.]. 2020. Lifestyle as Risk Factor for Infectious Causes of Death in Young Dogs: A Retrospective Study in Southern Italy (2015–2017). Veterinary Medicine International،Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1214216
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Cardillo, Lorena…[et al.]. Lifestyle as Risk Factor for Infectious Causes of Death in Young Dogs: A Retrospective Study in Southern Italy (2015–2017). Veterinary Medicine International No. 2020 (2020), pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1214216
American Medical Association (AMA)
Cardillo, Lorena& Piegari, Giuseppe& Iovane, Valentina& Viscardi, Maurizio& Alfano, Flora& Cerrone, Anna…[et al.]. Lifestyle as Risk Factor for Infectious Causes of Death in Young Dogs: A Retrospective Study in Southern Italy (2015–2017). Veterinary Medicine International. 2020. Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1214216
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1214216