Clinical And Laboratory Studies On Equine Dermatophytosis
Hamad, M., Mohamed, M., El-Blkemy, F., Abouzeid, N., Tartor, Y. (2019). Clinical And Laboratory Studies On Equine Dermatophytosis. EKB Journal Management System, 36(1), 23-31. doi: 10.21608/bvmj.2019.98467
Mohamed H. Hamad; Mohamed E. Mohamed; Farouk A. El-Blkemya El-Blkemy; Nasser Z. Abouzeid; Yasmine H. Tartor. "Clinical And Laboratory Studies On Equine Dermatophytosis". EKB Journal Management System, 36, 1, 2019, 23-31. doi: 10.21608/bvmj.2019.98467
Hamad, M., Mohamed, M., El-Blkemy, F., Abouzeid, N., Tartor, Y. (2019). 'Clinical And Laboratory Studies On Equine Dermatophytosis', EKB Journal Management System, 36(1), pp. 23-31. doi: 10.21608/bvmj.2019.98467
Hamad, M., Mohamed, M., El-Blkemy, F., Abouzeid, N., Tartor, Y. Clinical And Laboratory Studies On Equine Dermatophytosis. EKB Journal Management System, 2019; 36(1): 23-31. doi: 10.21608/bvmj.2019.98467

Clinical And Laboratory Studies On Equine Dermatophytosis

Benha Veterinary Medical Journal
Article 3, Volume 36, Issue 1, March 2019, Page 23-31  XML PDF (374.98 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/bvmj.2019.98467
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Authors
Mohamed H. Hamad1; Mohamed E. Mohamed1; Farouk A. El-Blkemya El-Blkemy1; Nasser Z. Abouzeid1; Yasmine H. Tartor2
1Infectious Diseases, Department of Animal Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig 44519, Egypt.
2Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig 44519,
Abstract
In this study out of 200 Arabian horses periodically clinically examined in a station for Arabian horses, Cairo, Egypt, 55 animals (27.5%) had dermatological signs suggestive of dermatophytosis based on clinical examination. The majority of ringworm lesions were distributed over the head, neck, shoulder and limbs. Trichophyton mentagrophytes was the most commonly isolated dermatophyte species 19/39 (48.7 %), followed by T. verrucosum (12/39, 30.7%) and Microsporum canis (8/39, 20.9%). T. mentagrophytes and M. canis were isolated mostly from head and limbs. T. verrucosum was isolated from shoulder. The infection rate was higher in young horses less than one year old and increased during the winter season. Higher rate of infection was detected among female animals (81.4%) than males (60.7%). These findings have great veterinary and public health significance.
 
Keywords
Dermatophytosis; Arabian horse; Clinical diagnosis; Dermatophyte species; Risk factors
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