2008 Volume 61 Issue 9 Pages 725-728
We investigated that prevalence of Campylobacter, Arcobacter, and Salmonella in the feces of captured dogsat public health centers in Gunma Prefecture, Japan. Campylobacter and Arcobacter were detected in 13%(21/157) and 4%(6/157) of the dogs, respectively. No Salmonella was detected in the dogs examined in thisstudy. Of these Campylobacter positive dogs, C. jejuni was isolated from 16 dogs, and the Penner serogroupswere 0 (two dogs), R (two dogs), B (one dog), D (one dog) and untypable (ten dogs). C. coli was isolated fromthree dogs and C. upsaliensis from two dogs. Of the Arcobacter-positive dogs, A. cryaerophilus (group 1B) and A. butzleri were isolated from five dogs and one dog, respectively. The results suggested that, with restorationor transfer of the captured dog, veterinarians at public health centers or animal care and control centersneed to provide the new owner with zoonotic information and community life explanations.
