INVESTIGATION OF THE SKIN MICROBIOTA IN DOGS WITH PYODERMA

The article presents the results of investigation of the skin microbiota in dogs with pyoderma. The purpose of this study was to study the species composition of the skin microflora of dogs diagnosed with pyoderma and bacterial otitis for the further study of the sensitivity of the isolates to antibiotics in order to develop rational treatment schemes for patients with various forms of pyoderma. A pyoderma symptom complex was detected in 48 animals, pyoderma itself was observed in 14 (29.17% of cases), acute wet dermatitis in 17 (35.41%), impetigo in 5 (10.42%), and purulent folliculitis in 12 (25 %). A study of the composition of the skin microflora in dogs showed the presence of pathogens such as S. pseudintermedius, Proteus spp., Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Malassezia pahydermatis, Candida albicans, Essherichia coli. However, the research results also showed the presence of representatives of coagulase-positive cocci – S. aureus (54.1% of all cases) and coagulase-negative S. epidermidis (14.6%). Representatives of Candida albicans were isolated in only one case (2.1%). Associations of S. aureus with Malassezia pachydermatis fungi were observed in 9 cases (34.6% of the number of cases of Staphylococcus aureus isolation), and in 5 cases (19.2%) with gram-negative Proteus spp.