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| Cleff,Marlete Brum; Lima,Alzira Pacheco de; Faria,Renata Osório de; Meinerz,Ana Raquel Mano; Antunes,Tatiana de Ávila; Araújo,Flávia Biasoli de; Nascente,Patrícia da Silva; Nobre,Márcia de Oliveira; Meireles,Mário Carlos Araújo. |
| Yeasts are commensal organisms found in the skin, genital and gastrointestinal tracts, and other mucosa in mammalians. Candida spp has been frequently isolated from domestic and sylvan animals. Yeast isolation from vaginal mucus is frequent in women, especially of Candida genus. In canine females, however, studies about vaginal fungal microbiota are rare and the connection with estrous cycle is unknown. The purpose of this study was to isolate yeast 5 of Candida genus from healthy canine females and identify the isolated species, establishing their connection with estrous cycle phases. Two hundred twenty-four samples taken from vaginal mucus of 14 canine females were analyzed in this study. Candida spp was observed in 83 (37%) from these samples; nine... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Candida spp; Canine females; Estrous cycle. |
| Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822005000200018 |
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