Saprophytic fungi isolated from the hair of domestic and laboratory animals with suspected dermatophytosis
✍ Scribed by Riitta Aho
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Year
- 1983
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 671 KB
- Volume
- 83
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0301-486X
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✦ Synopsis
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. Threehundred 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 chincillas and one each from a goat, a mink and a lesser panda (Ailurusfulgens).
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 (X 2 test p < 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.