Adherence of uropathogenic Escherichia coli in dog urine after consumption of food supplemented with cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon )
Publié en ligne: 09 mars 2023
Pages: 49 - 54
Reçu: 17 juil. 2022
Accepté: 27 janv. 2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jvetres-2023-0004
Mots clés
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Introduction
Material and Methods
Eight dogs, four male and four female, were successively fed two diets, first a control without cranberry, and then the second diet containing cranberry extracts. Naturally excreted urine was collected on the tenth day after the start of each diet for 24 h and used for bacterial growth. Madin-Darby canine kidney cell adherence by the uropathogenic
Results
Significant reductions in bacterial adherence to MDCK cells (from −16.5 to −73.4%, P < 0.05) were observed in the four females but not in the males after consumption of the cranberry extracts compared to the same animals consuming the control diet.
Conclusion
Dietary supplementation with cranberry may provide some degree of protection to female dogs against adhesion of uropathogenic