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- Title
ISOLATION, DIAGNOSIS AND INCIDENCE OF RINGWORM IN CATTLE IN SALAH AL-DIN GOVERNORATE.
- Authors
Abdullah, Thikra Kadem; Wadee, Siham A.; Owain, Maher Saber
- Abstract
To study ring worm in cattle in Salah El-Din Governorate, 100 samples of skin scales were collected from cows suffering from hair loss and suspected of having ringworm. This study was conducted on cows of different age, breed and climatic seasons to study some of the factors that affect the spread of the disease. The results obtained proved that the prevalence of the disease is greater in animals that are in contact with each other and in fattening animals. The disease also spreads in poorly ventilated places and all ages are susceptible to infection, but animals that are in young age stages are more susceptible to the disease. The infection rate was 73%, and it was found that the highest infection rate was in animals that were less than a year old, where the infection rate was 63%, and the male infection rate was 54.8%, which is higher than the female infection rate by 45.2%, while the highest infection rate was recorded during the winter season in a month January 27.4%. Three species of the genus Trichophyton, Mentagrophytes, have been diagnosed T. rubrum, T. verrucosum, and the rate of isolate T. verrucosum was 68.5%, which is higher than the rest of the species.
- Subjects
RINGWORM; CATTLE; BALDNESS; DISEASE prevalence; DIAGNOSIS
- Publication
Veterinary Practitioner, 2021, Vol 22, Issue 2, p62
- ISSN
0972-4036
- Publication type
Article