INTAS POLIVET
Open Access
  • Year: 2008
  • Volume: 9
  • Issue: 2

Presence of Dermatophytes and Saprophytic Fungi on the haircoat of owned cats in Iran

  • Author:
  • Azizollah Ebrahimi1, Shirin Asgharian2, Mohamad Reza Fayed3
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Page Number: 269 to 271

1Department of Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Science, P.O. BOX 115, Shahrekord University, Shahrekord, Iran

2DVM student of College of Veterinary Science, Shahrekord University, Shahrekord, Iran

3Yazd Veterinary Clinic - Yazd- Iran

Online published on 16 November, 2011.

Abstract

In order to study the presence of mycoflora with special reference to dermatophytes on the coat of owned cats, living in the cities of Yazd, Esfahan and Shahrekord (central areas of Iran), 53 hair samples were collected by using the tooth brush technique. The specimens were collected and processed by routine mycological methods for dermatophytes and saprophytic fungi.

A total of 21 dermatophytes (39.62%) isolated. over a one year period (March 2007 to April 2008). The most commonly species were: Trichophyton schoenleinii (11.32%), Trichophyton verrucosum (9.43%), Microsporum nanum (7.54%) and Trichophyton mentagrophytes (5.66%). Saprophytic fungi were found as Penicillium spp. (22.26%), Zygomycetes (18.87%), Nigrospora and Aspergillus spp. each (17%) and Cheladosporium (5.66%).

Keywords

Dermatophytes, Saprophytic fungi, Cat, Iran