METHODS AND KITS FOR DOG PLAQUE DISEASE

摘要

The invention is directed to the identifying or predicting periodontal disease in a dog. The identifying the presence or absence of at least one micro-organism, from a sample from the mouth of a dog, wherein the micro-organism which is associated with periodontal disease in a dog is one or more disease-associated micro-organisms from: Peptostreptococcus sp., Synergistes sp., Clostridials sp., Eubacterium nodatum, Selenomonas sp., Bacteroidetes sp., "Odoribacter denticanis ", Desulfomicrobium ovale, Moraxella sp., Bacteroides denticanoris, Fillif actor villosus, Porphyromonas canons, Porphrymonas gulae, Treponema denticola or Porphrymonas salivosa.