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Contamination of the urban environment with excrements of companion animals as an underestimated source of Staphylococcus species posing a threat to public health.
Acta veterinaria Hungarica - 1 Mar 2020
Trościańczyk Aleksandra, Nowakiewicz Aneta, Gnat Sebastian, Wójcik Magdalena, Wdowiak-Wróbel Sylwia, Kalita Michał
Abstract excerpt
The aim of the study was to assess the incidence, resistance, virulence, and genotypic characteristics of Staphylococcus spp. residing in the gastrointestinal tract of dogs and cats, as a group of animals causing potential contamination of the urban space. A high percentage of strains resistant to penicillin (58%), oxacillin (9%) and tetracycline (60%) were found. All isolates resistant to penicillin, kanamycin,...
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