Open AccessStudies on the epidemiology of ringworm in cattle
Author(s) -
S. A.G. Al-Samarrae
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
the iraqi journal of veterinary medicine/al-maǧallaẗ al-ṭibbiyyaẗ al-bayṭariyyaẗ al-’irāqiyyaẗ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2410-7409
pISSN - 1609-5693
DOI - 10.30539/iraqijvm.v33i1.717
Subject(s) - veterinary medicine , epidemiology , fusarium , biology , rhizopus , mucor , trichophyton rubrum , alternaria alternata , herd , aspergillus fumigatus , microbiology and biotechnology , aspergillus , botany , medicine , antifungal , food science , pathology , fermentation
The epidemiology of ringworm in two cattle herds in Baghdad area was studied during the period fromSeptember 2001 to August 2002.Two hundred skin scraping were collected from the infected area. Theprevalence of infection was 68%. In males it was lower (37.5%) than females (62.5%) and higher in less thanone year old animals. The prevalence was highest in January (16.5%). Eleven species of fungi were diagnosed,these include; Trichophyton verrucosum, T. rubrum,T.metagrophytes, Aspergillus fumigatus , A. flavus , A.Niger , A.terru , Mucor spp. , Altenaria alternata , Rhizopus and Fusarium spp. , one species of yeast Candidaalbicans.