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Leptospira spp. (Leptospirosis)
Gram negative spiral
Affects the renal and hepatic systems
Causes fever, jaundice, vomiting, and kidney/liver failure
Zoonotic
Bordetella bronchiseptica (Kennel Cough)
Gram negative coccibacillus
Affects the respiratory system
Causes dry cough, nasal discharge
Spreads in kennels and shelters
Brucella canis (Brucellosis)
Gram negative coccibacillus intracellular
Affects the reproductive system
Causes infertility, abortions, testicular swelling
Zoonotic
Borrelia burgdorferi (Lyme Disease)
Gram negative spiral
Affects the musculoskeletal and renal systems
Causes lameness, joint pain, and kidney problems
Tick-borne
Ehrlichia canis (Ehrlichiosis)
Gram negative intracellular (white blood cells)
Affects the hematologic system
Causes fever, anaemia, bleeding disorders
Tick-borne
Anaplasma spp. (Anaplasmosis)
Gram negative intracellular (platelets or neutrophils)
Affects the hematologic and musculoskeletal systems
Causes fever, joint pain, low platelets
Tick-borne
Salmonella spp. (Salmonellosis)
Gram negative rods
Affects the gastrointestinal system
Causes vomiting, diarrhoea, and fever
Zoonotic
Campylobacter spp. (Campylobacteriosis)
Gram negative spiral rods
Affects the gastrointestinal system
Causes diarrhoea with mucus or blood
Zoonotic
Clostridium perfringens / difficile
Gram positive rods, spore forming
Affects the gastrointestinal system
Causes diarrhoea, sometimes hemorrhagic
Often stress-related
Pasteurella multocida
Gram positive coccibacillus
Affects the skin and respiratory systems
Causes wound infections and respiratory disease
Staphylococcus aureus
Gram positive cocci in clusters
Causes pyoderma, abscesses, dermatitis, wound infections, otitis externa, post-surgical infections, pneumonia, septicaemia
Affects skin, respiratory, systemic circulation (in severe cases)
Zoonotic
Staphylococcus pseudintermedius
Gram positive cocci clusters
Affects the skin
Causes pyoderma, abscesses, otitis, post-op infections
Streptococcus canis
Gram positive cocci in chains
Affects the skin and systemic circulation
Causes skin infections, pneumonia, and septicemia
Mycoplasma spp.
Pleomorphic
Affects the respiratory and reproductive systems
Causes coughing, infertility, and urinary infections
Corynebacterium spp.
Gram positive club-shaped rods
Affects the skin and urinary systems
Causes skin abscesses and urinary infections
Escherichia coli (E. coli)
Gram negative rods
Affects the urinary, gastrointestinal, and reproductive systems
Causes acute UTIs, diarrhoea, and uterine infections
Enterococcus spp.
Gram positive cocci in pairs or short chains
Causes UTIs, wound infections, otitis externa, endocarditis, peritonitis
Affects urinary, skin, cardiovascular
Zoonotic
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Gram negative rods
Causes otitis externa, moist dermatitis or hot spots, wound infections, UTIs, maybe pneumonia or septicaemia
Affects skin, urinary, respiratory, sometimes systemic
Klebsiella pneumoniae
Gram negative rods with capsule
Causes UTIs, pneumonia, wound infections, otitis externa, septicaemia
Affects respiratory, urinary, skin, systemic
Proteus mirabilis
Gran negative rods
Causes chronic UTIs (males with stones), struvite crystals, otitis externa, wound infections, occasionally pneumonia or septicaemia