Laboratory Limits on Dermatophyte Diagnosis in Rabbits with Clinical Lesions  

作　　者：A. C. Coelho M. L. Pinto A. M. Coelho M. C. Fontes J. L. Mourao V. Pineiros 

机构地区：[1]Departamento de Ciencias Veterin6rias, Universidade de Tras-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Apartado 202, 5001-801 Vila Real Codex,CECA V, Portugal [2]Direccao de Servigos Veterindrios da Regido Norte, Divisao de Intervencao Veterin6ria de Vila Real - Nucleo do Corgo, PortugalLugar de Codecais, 5000-421 Vila Real Portugal [3]Direccao de Servigos Veterindrios da Regido Norte, Divis6o de Intervencao Veterin6ria de Vila Real - N~cleo do Corgo, PortugalLugar de Codecais, 5000-421 Vila Real Portugal

出　　处：《Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology(A)》2011年第4X期608-612,共5页农业科学与技术（A）

摘　　要：Dermatophyte infection or ringworm is a superficial cutaneous infection with one or more of the fungal species of the keratinophilic genera Microsporum, Trichophyton, or Epidermophyton and is a zoonosis with a great impact on public health. Dermatophytes were identified from rabbit sample cultures submitted to mycological examination in the Laboratory of Microbiology of the University of Tr^-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal. All samples were collected from suspected clinical cases. Dermatophytes were cultured from 4 of the 55 specimens （7.3%）. The dermatophytes isolated were Trichophyton mentagrophytes var. mentagrophytes （1.8%） and Microsporum gypseum （5.5%）. Microscopic examination was negative in all specimens. In this work, Scopulariopsis spp., a contaminant mould, was identified in 13 specimens （23.6%）. The proportion of positive samples in relation to the number of samples examined from cases suspected was very low. As all samples were collected from rabbits with compatible signs, we presume that the low prevalence of isolation was due to laboratory constraints on dermatophytes diagnosis.

关 键 词：DERMATOPHYTES RABBITS DIAGNOSIS isolation. 

分 类 号：S858.26[农业科学—临床兽医学] S858.31[农业科学—兽医学]