Camel dermal mycoses caused by dermatophytes

The species of common dermatophytes i.e. Microsporum and Trichophyton isolated from camel skin lesions included M. audouinii, M. canis, M. nanum, M. ferrugineum, T. verrucosum, T. mentagrophytes, T. schoenleinii, T. equinum, T. concentricum, T. tonsurans, T. violaceum, T. soudanense and T. rubrum. These fungi caused sporadic cases of skin infections in individually maintained camels as well as affecting many camels in the herds. These fungi create distinctive lesions of ring worm. The lesions of ring worm observed with Trichophyton spp. were comparatively dry, hard, crusty, granulomatous and larger in size.