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Bacillus anthracis Isolated from a Dog in Turkey
 
Zafer Sayin1*, OzgurOzdemir2, Osman Erganis1, Hasan Huseyin Hadimli1, Asli Sakmanoglu1, Eray Atil3 and Gokcenur Sanioglu1
 
1Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Selcuk, 42075, Konya, Turkey; 2Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Selcuk, 42075, Konya, Turkey; 3Pendik Veterinary Control and Research Institute, 34890, Istanbul, Turkey
*Corresponding author:zafersayin@gmail.com
 

Abstract   

An Anatolian Akbash shepherd dog died suddenly, without any clinical signs in Konya, Turkey. Performing necropsy, pathological examination, a culture test, laboratory tests and a multiplex-PCR of bacteria isolated from the dog revealed an anthrax and identified the bacteria as Bacillus anthracis (B. anthracis). The chromosomal gene sequence of bacteria was 99% identical in the GenBank under accession numbers CP002091 (B. anthracis str. H9401), CP001598 (B. anthracis str. A0248) and CP001215 (B. anthracis str. CDC684). Antimicrobial susceptibility test was performed and cefuroxime, cefquinome, sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim, chloramphenicol, tetracycline and rifampicin resistance were seen in isolate. In this case, how the dog was infected with B. anthracis could not be determined.

Key words: Antimicrobial susceptibility, Bacillus anthracis, Dog, PCR, Sequence analysis

 
   

ISSN 0253-8318 (Print)
ISSN 2074-7764 (Online)



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