Bacterial skin infections in dogs are a very common clinical problem and almost every dermatological disease of the dog can have bacterial pyoderma as a component. This study investigated the incidence of Staphylococcus spp. and proportion of antimicrobial resistant patterns of Staphylococcus isolates from skin scraping samples of dog. 186 samples were collected from private pet clinic. Proceed for isolation of Staphylococcus species and verified for susceptibility to gentamicin, chloramphenicol, vancomycin, ceftriaxone, cephotaxime, methicillin, oxacillin and penicillin-G by agar disc diffusion method. | Prevalence and antibiotic susceptibility pattern of staphylococcus species in canine skin infection
