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.