Lifestyle as Risk Factor for Infectious Causes of Death in Young Dogs: A Retrospective Study in Southern Italy (2015–2017)
Infectious diseases are a common cause of death in young dogs. Several factors are thought to predispose young dogs to microbiological infections. Identifying the cause of death is often a challenge, and broad diagnostic analysis is often needed. Here, we aimed to determine the infectious causes of...
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| author | Lorena Cardillo Giuseppe Piegari Valentina Iovane Maurizio Viscardi Flora Alfano Anna Cerrone Ugo Pagnini Serena Montagnaro Giorgio Galiero Giuseppe Pisanelli Giovanna Fusco |
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| description | Infectious diseases are a common cause of death in young dogs. Several factors are thought to predispose young dogs to microbiological infections. Identifying the cause of death is often a challenge, and broad diagnostic analysis is often needed. Here, we aimed to determine the infectious causes of death in young dogs aged up to 1 year, examining how it relates to age (under and over 6 months), lifestyle (owned versus ownerless), breed (purebred and crossbreed), and gender. A retrospective study was conducted in a 3-year period (2015–2017) on 138 dead dogs that had undergone necropsy and microbiological diagnostics. Enteritis and pneumonia were the most commonly observed lesions. Polymicrobism was more prevalent (62.3%) than single-agent infections and associated with a higher rate of generalised lesions. Ownerless dogs showed over a three-fold higher predisposition to viral coinfections than owned dogs. Above all, canine parvovirus was the most prevalent agent (77.5%), followed by canine coronavirus (31.1%) and canine adenovirus (23.9%); ownerless pups had a higher predisposition to these viruses. Escherichia coli (23.9%), Clostridium perfringens type A (18.1%), and Enterococcus spp. (8.7%) were the most commonly identified bacteria, which mostly involved in coinfections. A lower prevalence of CDV and Clostridium perfringens type A was observed in puppies under 6 months of age. In conclusion, this study is the first comprehensive survey on a wide panel of microbiological agents related to necropsy lesions. It lays the groundwork for future studies attempting to understand the circulation of infectious agents in a determined area. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-d8dbd843e90042a286fdf6279e376b622025-02-03T05:44:15ZengWileyVeterinary Medicine International2090-81132042-00482020-01-01202010.1155/2020/62072976207297Lifestyle as Risk Factor for Infectious Causes of Death in Young Dogs: A Retrospective Study in Southern Italy (2015–2017)Lorena Cardillo0Giuseppe Piegari1Valentina Iovane2Maurizio Viscardi3Flora Alfano4Anna Cerrone5Ugo Pagnini6Serena Montagnaro7Giorgio Galiero8Giuseppe Pisanelli9Giovanna Fusco10Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno, Unit of Virology, Portici, ItalyDepartment of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Production, Unit of Pathology, University of Naples Federico II, Napoli, ItalyDepartment of Pharmacy (DIFARMA), University of Salerno, Fisciano, ItalyIstituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno, Unit of Virology, Portici, ItalyIstituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno, Unit of Virology, Portici, ItalyIstituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno, Unit of Diagnostics, Portici, ItalyDepartment of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Production, Unit of Microbiology, University of Naples Federico II, Napoli, ItalyDepartment of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Production, Unit of Microbiology, University of Naples Federico II, Napoli, ItalyIstituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno, Portici, ItalyDepartment of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Production, Unit of Microbiology, University of Naples Federico II, Napoli, ItalyIstituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno, Unit of Virology, Portici, ItalyInfectious diseases are a common cause of death in young dogs. Several factors are thought to predispose young dogs to microbiological infections. Identifying the cause of death is often a challenge, and broad diagnostic analysis is often needed. Here, we aimed to determine the infectious causes of death in young dogs aged up to 1 year, examining how it relates to age (under and over 6 months), lifestyle (owned versus ownerless), breed (purebred and crossbreed), and gender. A retrospective study was conducted in a 3-year period (2015–2017) on 138 dead dogs that had undergone necropsy and microbiological diagnostics. Enteritis and pneumonia were the most commonly observed lesions. Polymicrobism was more prevalent (62.3%) than single-agent infections and associated with a higher rate of generalised lesions. Ownerless dogs showed over a three-fold higher predisposition to viral coinfections than owned dogs. Above all, canine parvovirus was the most prevalent agent (77.5%), followed by canine coronavirus (31.1%) and canine adenovirus (23.9%); ownerless pups had a higher predisposition to these viruses. Escherichia coli (23.9%), Clostridium perfringens type A (18.1%), and Enterococcus spp. (8.7%) were the most commonly identified bacteria, which mostly involved in coinfections. A lower prevalence of CDV and Clostridium perfringens type A was observed in puppies under 6 months of age. In conclusion, this study is the first comprehensive survey on a wide panel of microbiological agents related to necropsy lesions. It lays the groundwork for future studies attempting to understand the circulation of infectious agents in a determined area.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/6207297 |
| spellingShingle | Lorena Cardillo Giuseppe Piegari Valentina Iovane Maurizio Viscardi Flora Alfano Anna Cerrone Ugo Pagnini Serena Montagnaro Giorgio Galiero Giuseppe Pisanelli Giovanna Fusco Lifestyle as Risk Factor for Infectious Causes of Death in Young Dogs: A Retrospective Study in Southern Italy (2015–2017) Veterinary Medicine International |
| title | Lifestyle as Risk Factor for Infectious Causes of Death in Young Dogs: A Retrospective Study in Southern Italy (2015–2017) |
| title_full | Lifestyle as Risk Factor for Infectious Causes of Death in Young Dogs: A Retrospective Study in Southern Italy (2015–2017) |
| title_fullStr | Lifestyle as Risk Factor for Infectious Causes of Death in Young Dogs: A Retrospective Study in Southern Italy (2015–2017) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Lifestyle as Risk Factor for Infectious Causes of Death in Young Dogs: A Retrospective Study in Southern Italy (2015–2017) |
| title_short | Lifestyle as Risk Factor for Infectious Causes of Death in Young Dogs: A Retrospective Study in Southern Italy (2015–2017) |
| title_sort | lifestyle as risk factor for infectious causes of death in young dogs a retrospective study in southern italy 2015 2017 |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/6207297 |
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