Dermatophytosis or ringworm is a superficial cutaneous infection with one or more of the fungal species of the keratinophilic genera. The genera include Microsporum, Trichophyton and Epidermophyton which were zoonotic and have a great public health impact. The aim of this study was to find out the prevalence of specific types of fungus that are responsible for dermatophytosis among the hospitalized rabbits at SAQ-Teaching Veterinary Hospital (SAQTVH) of Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (CVASU), Bangladesh. A total of 9 skin scraping samples were collected by using scalpel from the rabbit that were suspected as dermatophytosis based on gross lesion on their body surface. Some samples (Hair and scrapings) were mounted for direct examination in 40% KOH and heated for 60 seconds and examined under light microscope in 400 magnifications to observe fungal morphology. Rest of the samples was preserved at room temperature (25°c) in zipper bag for fungal isolation and identification. Sabouraud's dextrose agar plates, containing 0.02% Cycloheximide and 0.3% Depomycin was used to fungal culture and the specific types of funguses were identified based on colony characteristics. Trichophyton Mentagrophytes was the most common fungal species isolated from rabbits. Among the suspected patients the prevalence of T. Mentagrophytes was 89%.There observed insignificant (p>0.05) effects of sex, age, body weight and deworming status for the occurrence of dermatophytosis in rabbit. The current study limited only on the hospitalized suspected patients, so a comprehensive study considering the sample from whole rabbit population is required to find out the actual prevalence of the fungal species.
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