Infection of Helicobacter sup. in Gastric Mucosa of Domestic Pet Dogs

국내 애완견에서 Helicobacter spp의 감염

  • Park, Jong-Hwan (Department of Laboratory Animal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University) ;
  • Hong, Jung-Joo (College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University) ;
  • Seok, Seung-Hyuk (College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University) ;
  • Cho, Sun-A (College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University) ;
  • Park, Jae-Hak (College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University)
  • 박종환 (서울대학교 수의과대학 실험동물의학) ;
  • 홍정주 (서울대학교 수의과대학 실험동물의학) ;
  • 석승혁 (서울대학교 수의과대학 실험동물의학) ;
  • 조선아 (서울대학교 수의과대학 실험동물의학) ;
  • 박재학 (서울대학교 수의과대학 실험동물의학)
  • Published : 2001.06.01

Abstract

Prevalence of Helicobacter infection in pet dogs and positive relations between the presence of Helicobacter app. and gastritis were studied. Twenty-one dogs, which died of various disease, were referred from three animal hospitals and necropsied. Upon histopathological examination, Helicobacter-like organisms (HLO) were observed only in the gastric mucosa of 5 (23.5%) out of the 21 stomachs. The bacteria mainly colonized in the mucus, gastric pits, and the lumen of gastric glands. Regardless of HLO infection, there was mild to moderate lymphocytic infiltration in fundic and pyloric mucosa. Average gastritis scores of the group infected with HLO were 1.250${\pm}$0.214 and 1.833${\pm}$0.167 in the fundic and pyloric mucosa, whereas those of uninfected group were 1.000${\pm}$0.165 and 1.625${\pm}$0.239, respectively. Accordingly, we concluded that no association exists between HLO infection and gastritis.

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