Intervention with impact: Reduced isolation of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus pseudintermedius from dogs following the introduction of antimicrobial prescribing legislation in Germany.

Background: Legislation was introduced in Germany in 2018, requiring bacterial culture and antimicrobial susceptibility testing before the prescription of fluoroquinolones and third-generation cephalosporins to dogs. We hypothesised that, following this intervention, the number of clinical samples testing positive for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus pseudintermedius (MRSP) would reduce.

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Clinical features, cytology and bacterial culture results in dogs with and without cheilitis and comparison of three sampling techniques.

Background: Cheilitis is a common presentation in dogs associated with a variety of skin diseases and often complicated by microbial infections.

Objectives: To describe and compare clinical and cytological features and bacterial culture results from the lower lips of dogs with cheilitis (as compared to healthy controls), and to evaluate three cytology sampling techniques for their abilities to differentiate between the groups.

Animals: Fifty six dogs with cheilitis and 54 controls.