Saprophytic fungi isolated from the hair of domestic and laboratory animals with suspected dermatophytosis

Abstract

Hair samples from domestic and laboratory animals with suspected dermatophytosis were examined for the presence of saprophytic fungi. A nutritionally poor base medium, developed by the author, was used in the isolation and identification of the saprophytes. Three hundred and ninety-four specimens were examined of which 246 were from dogs, 75 from cats, 30 from horses, 19 from cows, 12 from guinea pigs, 5 from rats, 2 from parakeets, 2 from chinchillas and one each from a goat, a mink and a lesser panda (Ailurus fulgens). Moulds classified in 32 genera were isolated. The commonest in order of frequency were members of the genera Penicillium, Cladosporium, Aspergillus, Mucor, Aureobasidium, Alternaria, Scopulariopsis, Trichoderma and Trichothecium. The yeasts that were isolated were not identified. Aureobasidium pullulans was isolated significantly more often (chi 2 test p less than 0.025) from the dog samples than those from cats, Cladosporium spp. in the samples from dogs than horses, Mucor spp. from the cow samples than horses, Penicillium spp. from the dog samples than those of cats or horses. Skin infections caused by any of the contaminants were not encountered.

Incidence of dermatophytosis in canine cases presented at Apollo Veterinary College, Rajashtan, India

“…The other fungal isolate was Alternaria spp by air borne fungi or by fungi in soil; some of them in 15 samples (0.12%). All patients were treated either have potential allergenic activity [21]. with oral griseofulvin or ketoconazole or itraconazole.…”

Fungi Associated with the Hairs of Goat and Sheep in Libya

“…Otcenasek and Dvorak (1962) reported that T. terrestre was probably only a skin contaminant of small mammals from South Eastern Moravia. Aho (1983) isolated T. terrestre from different animals including goats. The other identified species namely T. rubrum (1.7% of total isolates) was isolated in rare frequency from sheep hairs and was not encountered from different substrates as reported by several researchers from all over the world (Abdel-Hafez et al, 1991; El-Said, 1996, 2002; El-Said and Abdel-Hafez, 1995; Ali-Shtayeh et al, 1988a, b, 2000; Alghalibi, 2001; Moses and Sunday, 2001; Shukia et al, 2003; Periasamy et al, 2004; Dobrowolska et al, 2006; Ulfig, 2006; Thanaa et al, 2008 and others).…”

“…The presence of keratinophilic fungi on hairs of various animals has been briefly reviewed by numerous researchers in many parts of the world (Rees, 1967; Gugnani et al, 1975; Aho, 1980, 1983; Lopez-Martinez et al, 1984; Bagy and Abdel-Hafez, 1985; Bagy, 1986; Ali-Shtayeh et al, 1988a, b, 2000; Kubo et al, 1990; El-Said and Abdel-Hafez, 1995; El-Said, 1996, 2002; Rashid et al, 1996; Camin et al, 1998; Gugnani, 2000; Hubalek, 2000; Alghalibi, 2001; Moses and Sunday, 2001; Shukia et al, 2003; Periasamy et al, 2004; Dobrowolska et al, 2006; Ulfig, 2007; Thanaa et al, 2008 and others).…”

TÜRKıYE'DE SIGIRLARDA TRICHOPHYTIE ENFEKSıYONUNA KARŞI ILK AVİRULENT Aşı UYGULAMALARI

“…Bu durum; özeııikle kötü ahır hijyenine (karanlık, nemli, havasız, sıkışık) bağlı olarak, hayvanların kıl örtüsü üzerinde latent bulunan çok sayıda mantar sporlarının hızla üremesi ve bunun, besi yerlerinde gelişmesi oldukça zor olan trichophytie türlerinin üre-mesini engellemesinden kaynaklanmış olabilir. Aynı bulgular diğer araştırıcılar (2,15,18,29) tarafından da doğrulanmaktadır.…”