Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis of Staphylococcus hyicus and Staphylococcus chromogenes genomic DNA and its taxonomic, epidemiologic and ecologic applications in veterinary medicine.

One hundred and thirty-eight strains of Staphylococcus hyicus and 21 strains of S. chromogenes isolated from animals were analyzed by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) after restriction endonuclease Smal digestion of chromosomal DNA. Eighty-eight strains of S.

Genomic DNA fingerprinting, using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, of Staphylococcus intermedius isolated from dogs.

Objectives: To investigate the degree of polymorphism in the pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) patterns of Staphylococcus intermedius and to assess the value of this typing method for discriminating strains.

Sample Population: 52 S intermedius isolates from diseased and healthy dogs.

Procedure: Chromosomal DNA of S intermedius was digested with restriction endonuclease Sma I, and the fragments were separated by PFGE in a 1% agarose gel.

Prolonged Bartonella bacteremia in cats associated with cat-scratch disease patients.

Recent evidence supports a causal relationship between Bartonella (Rochalimaea) henselae, cat-scratch disease (CSD), and bacillary angiomatosis. Cats appear to be the primary reservoir. Blood from 19 cats owned by 14 patients diagnosed with CSD was cultured.

Influence of estrogen on antibacterial and immunoglobulin secretory activities of uterine fluids from ovariectomized mares.

Effect of estrogen (E2) and progesterone (P4) on uterine antibacterial activity and immunoglobulin concentrations in mares was studied. In 2 in vitro experiments, 6 mixed-breed mares were ovariectomized, and uterine fluid and blood serum were analyzed. Antibacterial assay methods were used to determine inhibitory effects on Streptococcus zooepidemicus of uterine fluid samples collected on days 3, 5, and 8, and serum obtained on day 8 of treatment.

Epidemiological studies of congo red Escherichia coli in broiler chickens.

This prospective cohort study was designed to confirm the association between Congo red binding Escherichia coli (CREC) and E. coli air sacculitis in commercial broilers. It was also designed to evaluate CREC as an air sacculitis risk factor and to explore the CREC relationship to other air sacculitis risk factors (poultry house temperature, air-ammonia levels, and presence of other diseases).