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- Title
Dermatophytosis in show lambs in the United States.
- Authors
Hullinger; Cole Jr; Elvinger; Stewart
- Abstract
A dermatophytosis, called ‘club lamb fungus’ by owners, has been affecting show lambs during the lamb show season. Thirty-one families of 108 responding to a questionnaire reported at least one case of dermatophytosis, and 15 of those 31 families reported children or owners involved in showing these lambs developing skin lesions consistent with dermatophytosis. In lambs, gross lesions typical of ovine derma-tophytosis were located on all parts of the body, and consisted of circular areas of matted wool, crusts and discoloration. Lesions appeared either at a single site or were distributed randomly, affecting head, body and extremities. Direct microscopic examination of wool revealed ectothrix, endothrix, and combined endothrix and ectothrix infections. Microsporum gypseum was the only dermatophyte cultured from wool samples collected from affected lambs; however, the presence of endothrix spores suggests that other species may be involved. Arthrospores and fungal hyphae typical of dermatophytes were present in histological sections.
- Subjects
DERMATOMYCOSES; LAMBS; SHEEP diseases; VETERINARY dermatology
- Publication
Veterinary Dermatology, 1999, Vol 10, Issue 1, p73
- ISSN
0959-4493
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1046/j.1365-3164.1999.00142.x