Open AccessMycotic infections in animals in India: An update
Author(s) -
H. C. Gugnani
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
research in veterinary science and medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2831-8951
DOI - 10.25259/rvsm_2_2021
Subject(s) - microsporum gypseum , dermatophyte , biology , microsporum canis , blastomyces , blastomyces dermatitidis , dimorphic fungus , trichophyton , blastomycosis , microbiology and biotechnology , histoplasma capsulatum , veterinary medicine , virology , histoplasmosis , medicine , immunology , yeast , antifungal , genetics
This review traces the early records of mycotic infections in India, and presents an update of animal mycoses reported from several parts of India. The types of mycoses covered are the dermatophytosis (ringworm) in domestic animals due to well-known species of zoophilic dermatophytes, viz. Trichophyton simii, T. mentagrophytes, T. verrucosum, Microsporum canis and M. nanum , and the geophilic dermatophyte, M. gypseum , Aspergillus spp, Cryptococcus species and other yeast like fungi, histoplasma and blastomyces. The brief clinical and demographic features of infections in different animals are described. A particularly noteworthy finding in literature search is the report of clinical infections in one dog and two cows by an anthropophilic dermatophyte, T. rubrum from Belgachia, Kolkata, West Bengal in 1954. Veterinary scientists are urged to investigate the possible occurrence of infections in animals due to other pathogenic fungi including the dimorphic ones like Histoplasma and Blastomyces.