Livestock diseases threatening smallholder farmers in Lao people's Democratic Republic

Abstract

Abstracts / International Journal of Infectious Diseases 79(S1) (2019) 1-150 71 with S. pseudintermedius in cats (p = 0.02856, OR = 4.93; CI 95% = 1. 84-12.56). The prevalence in healthy cats group was 3.08% (CI 95% 1,62-4,53%) and in sick animals 11.97% (CI 95% 4.48-19.4%). From cats under investigation 26 of S. pseudintermedius strains were isolated: 15 and 10 from healthy and sick animals respectively. Only strains isolated from sick animals shown methicillin resistance on the phenotypic level (18.18% methicillin-resistant S. pseudintermedius (MRSP)) whereas 26.26% and 45.45% strains from healthy and sick cats respectively harboring mecA gene were detected. Also much more often S. pseudintermedius isolates from infected animals were resistance to others chemotherapeutics.Conclusion: Bacterial infection was a significant risk for colonization with S. pseudintermedius in cats. Infections coused by S. pseudintermedius may be a significant therapeutic problem because some strains have been characterized by resistance to the majority of chemotherapeutic drugs commonly used in domestic animals.