Evidence of Helicobacter spp. in Saliva and Gastric Mucosa of Domestic Dogs in the Central Region of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Table 1

Detection of Helicobacter spp., in different tests evaluated and gastric bacterial colonisation density scores.

Animal no.	Chronic vomiting	Saliva		Gastric mucosa
		16S rRNA PCR		Score cytology		RUT
		assay		Body	Antrum
1	P	+	−	−	−	N/P
2	P	−	−	−	−	N/P
3	P	+	+	++	++	+
4	P	−	−	−	−	−
5	P	+	+	+	++	+
6	P	−	−	++	+	+
7	P	−	+	++	++	+
8	P	−	+	++	+	+
9	A	−	+	+	+++	+
10	A	−	+	++	+	+
11	A	−	+	+++	++	+
12	A	−	+	++	N/P	+
13	A	−	−	+	++	+
14	A	−	+	++	+++	+
15	A	−	+	+	N/P	+
16	P	−	+	++	+	+
17	A	−	+	++	+	+
18	A	−	−	+	N/P	+
19	A	−	−	++	++	+
20	P	−	+	+	+	+
21	P	−	+	+	+	+
22	A	+	−	++	+++	+
23	A	−	+	+	+	+
24	A	+	+	+	+	+
25	A	+	+	+++	+++	+
26	A	−	+	+++	N/P	+
27	P	+	+	+	+	+
28	A	−	+	++	+++	+
29	A	+	+	++	+	+
30	A	−	+	++	++	+
31	A	−	+	++	++	+
32	A	−	+	++	+++	+
33	A	−	+	+	++	+
34	A	+	−	+	−	−
35	A	−	+	+++	++	+
	Total	9/35	26/35	32/35	27/35	31/35

P: present; A: absent; RUT: Rapid Urease Test; N/P: not performed; −: negative; +: positive and mild score; ++: moderate score; +++: severe score.