Dermatophytoses in Animals

Abstract

Dermatophytoses in animals observed in Japan were reviewed especially from 1960 to 1980. The following problems were revealed. 1) Dermatophytosis caused by Trichophyton equinum was a common skin disease among race horses and Microsporum canis was occasionally isolated from patient horses. 2) Enzootic infections due to T. verrucosum among cattle occurred around this country. 3) Canine and feline cases of dermatophytoses caused by M. canis were increasing in number, and observed all over this country. 4) Enzootic infections of T. mentagrophytes among rats' colonies were observed in many laboratories. 5) M. nanum was isolated from skin lesions on pigs introduced from abroad.