Campylobacter jejuni associated diarrhea in commercially reared beagles.
Campylobacter jejuni was isolated from nine of ten (90%) juvenile beagles with diarrhea, compared with an isolation rate of five of eight (63%) from beagles which remained asymptomatic during the 2 month study. In four dogs, the diarrhea was recurrent and characterized by watery, mucoid, bile-streaked feces with occasional blood. Elevated temperature and leukocytosis were noted in three of these dogs. Two dogs with diarrhea also had Giardia canis trophozoites.
D000818:Animals; D002168:Campylobacter fetus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D004285:Dogs; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology / Q000469:parasitology; D005260:Female; D005872:Giardia / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008297:Male