Tsuneo  Fukata, Ikuo  Inoue, Sanae  Shibata, 
    Comparison by PFGE of <I>Escherichia coli</I> from the Uterus and Feces of 
  Bitches with Pyometra,
    Agricultural Journal,
    Volume 8,Issue 2,
    2013,
    Pages 75-77,
    ISSN 1816-9155,
    aj.2013.75.77,
    (https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=aj.2013.75.77)
    Abstract: To compare <I>Escherichia coli</I> (<I>E. coli</I>)-DNA profile isolated from the uterus and feces of bitches suffering from pyometra, Plsed-Feld Gel Eectrophoresis (PFGE) was used. <I>E. coli</I> from seven bitches suffering from pyometra was isolated as 8 strains from the uterus and 15 from feces, respectively. In three out of seven bitches same DNA-profiles of <I>E. coli</I> colony types from the uteres and feces were shown by PFGE. It was first demonstrated by PFGE that <I>E. coli</I> strains isolated from the uterus and feces of bitches suffering from pyometra had the same DNA-profile. Therefore, the pathogen of pyomotra has reconfirmed as <I>E. coli</I> from feces by PFGE with higher homogeneity.
    Keywords: Bitch;E. coli;fece;PFGE;pyometra;Japan