Proteus Infections In Dogs. Are opportunistic pathogens, commonly responsible for urinary and septic infections in humans, often nosocomial ( jacobsen et al., 2008 ). This study was carried out at the university of benin teaching hospital (ubth) to determine the involvement of proteus species as one of the major causative organisms in wound infections.
These bacteria can also affect other parts of the dogs’ bodies. Bacterial urinary tract infections (utis) typically result from normal skin and gi tract flora ascending the urinary tract and overcoming the normal urinary tract defenses that prevent colonization. Part of normal flora of urogenital tract in some horses.
