TY  - JOUR
T1  - Zoonotic Potential of Health Wild Felids for Dermatophytes
AU - Figueiredo, Mayra A.P. AU - Manrique, Wilson G. AU - Belo, Marco A.A. AU - Reis, Hailton R.C. 
JO  - Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances
VL  - 13
IS  - 16
SP  - 1018
EP  - 1021
PY  - 2014
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1680-5593
DO  - javaa.2014.1018.1021
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=javaa.2014.1018.1021
KW  - Epidermophyton sp.
KW  - feline
KW  -fungi
KW  -Microsporum sp.
KW  - Trichophyton sp.
AB  - Dermatophytes are fungi that cause superficial mycoses in 
  animals and humans. Infection can occur through direct contact with spores or 
  hyphae of contaminated material. Studies in asymptomatic domestic cats have 
  demonstrated the presence of dermatophytes which make them significant source 
  of infection for other animals and humans that aspect is not well studied in 
  wild felines. This study aimed to determine the presence of dermatophytes on 
  the haircoat of health wild felids kept in captivity in Screening Center for 
  Wild Animals in Sao Luis City, Maranhao State, Brazil. Hair samples of 13 adults 
  wild felines were collected, seven <I>Leopardus trigrinus</I> (5 males and 2 
  females), one <I>Leopardus wiedii</I> (female) and five <I>Leopardus pardalis</I> 
  (2 males and 3 females) and seeded by printing on Sabouraud dextrose agar plates 
  supplemented with chloramphenicol 0.5 g L<SUP>-1</SUP> cycloheximide and 0.4 
  g L<SUP>-1</SUP> at 25°C with daily observation for 15 days. For the analysis 
  of reproductive forms were stained with Giemsa for 35 min. In cultures was isolated: 
  <I>Microsporum canis</I>, <I>Trichophyton mentagrophytes</I> and <I>Epidermophyton 
  floccosum</I>. The occurrence of dermatophytes on the haircoat of healthy wild 
  felids kept in captivity, confirms its status as asymptomatic carriers and characterizes 
  them as sources of infection for other animals including humans.
ER  -