Abstract
A total of 200 soil samples from a fox reservation and 24 wild fox burrows in the eastern part of Hokkaido Prefecture were examined for keratinophilic fungi using Vanbreuseghem's hair-baiting technique. The fungi isolated were as follows: 112 strains of Trichophyton ajelloi, 48 of Microsporum cookei, 29 of Arthroderma cuniculi, 18 of Chrysosporium anamorph of A. tuberculatum, 4 of Chrysosporium tropicum, 4 of C. keratinophilum and 2 of Trichophyton terrestre.
Thity captured wild foxes in the eastern part of Hokkaido Prefecture were examined for keratinophilic fungi by hair-brushing method. Arthroderma cuniculi was obtained from the hair of 7 of the animals and Trichophyton verrucosum from one. The isolation of the latter species was epidemically important as a potential source of infection.
Arthroderma cuniculi, which seems to be associated with wild fox colonization, has been reported for the first time from Japan.
