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Dermatophytes in domestic animals
Francisco Javier Cabañes
Departament de Patologia i de Producció Animals, Facultat de Veterinària,
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
Dermatophytes are cited among the most frequent causes of dermatological
problems in domestic animals. However, only a few species belonging to
the genera Microsporum and Trichophyton are usually the cause of dermatophytosis
in these animals. In very few cases, anthropophilic species have been mentioned
as a cause of dermatophytosis in animals. However some geophilic dermatophytes
are normally the cause of a relatively low number of cases of ringworm.
Animals serve as reservoirs of the zoophilic dermatophytes, and their infections
have considerable zoonotic importance. In this article, the occurrence
and the main distinctive characteristics of the usual etiological agents
of dermatophytosis, both in pets and in farm animals, are described. A
simple key for the identification of these dermatophytes is included.
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In: Kushwaha RKS, Guarro J (Eds.). Biology
of Dermatophytes and other Keratinophilic Fungi.
Revista Iberoamericana de Micología, Bilbao, 2000.
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