The Prevalence of Helicobacter antibody in Dogs Using Helicobacter pylori Test Kits

Abstract

An immunochromatography test kit for detecting theHelicobacter pyloriantiboby was used to investigate the prevalence of Helicobacter infection in dogs. Of 100 dogs in Shizuoka area, 79 (79%) were seropositive. The prevalence in young dogs bellow 6 months, those between 6 months and 1 year, and those more than 1 year, were 20, 75 and 85%, respectively. Clinical and housing conditions were not related to the ratio of seropositive animals. The same samples were tested using a latex agglutination test and resulted in a lower ratio than the immunochromatography test. Samples from three other areas in Japan including Miyagi, Tokyo and Kumamoto revealed that more than 70% of dogs were seropositive.