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ArticleAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2024

Bacterial Contamination of Environmental Surfaces of Veterinary Rehabilitation Clinics.

Henry G Spratt, Nicholas Millis, David Levine, Jenna Brackett, Darryl Millis

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Article in Animals : an open access journal from MDPI, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Review
  3. Veterinary Clinics as Reservoirs forAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
    Review
  4. Small Animal Orthopedic Surgery, Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025
    Article
  5. Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Henry G SprattDepartment of Biology, Geology, and Environmental Science, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN 37403, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6858-6675
Nicholas MillisDepartment of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA.
David LevineDepartment of Physical Therapy, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN 37403, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6712-5367
Jenna BrackettDepartment of Biology, Geology, and Environmental Science, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN 37403, USA.
Darryl MillisDepartment of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The presence of potentially pathogenic bacteria on veterinary clinic surfaces may be problematic. In this study, we collected swab samples (Fisherbrand, double transport swabs with Stuart's liquid medium) and water samples from five veterinary rehabilitation clinics. Swabs and water samples were transported to a microbiology lab for processing. At the lab, swabs were used to inoculate Hardy's Cdiff Banana Broth (for

Indexed as

bacterial contaminationcanine rehabilitationclinic environmental surfacesClostridium difficileMRSAstaphylococciveterinary rehabilitation

Identifiers

PMID38998008
PMCPMC11240356

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