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Dermatophytosis in Clinically Infected Cats: Diagnoses and Efficacy Therapy

Dermatophytosis in Clinically Infected Cats: Diagnoses and Efficacy Therapy

Alsi Dara Paryuni1, Soedarmanto Indarjulianto2, Tri Untari3 and Sitarina Widyarini4*

1Doctoral Student of Veterinary Science, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta 55281; 2Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, 55281; 3Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, 55281; 4Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta 55281.

 
*Correspondence | Sitarina Widyarini, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta 55281; Email: [email protected]

Figure 1:

Lesions from dermatophyte infection in body part of cat with alopecia, erythema, and scale in cat dermatophytosis (white ring).

Figure 2:

Ear of cat with fluorescence (apple blue-green color), under Wood’s lamp examination (black arrow).

Figure 3:

Fungal colony of Microsporum canis; Cottony, white to buff in colour; with increasing age becomes orange-brown (black arrow).

Figure 4:

Microscopic structure of Microsporum canis with Lactophenol cotton blue stain (black arrow).

Figure 5:

Macroscopic lesions progress (decrease in severity) on treatment with 2% Ketoconazole cream: A. Before treatment (red circle), B. The last day (day 21st) of treatment.

Advances in Animal and Veterinary Sciences

February

Adv. Anim. Vet. Sci., Vol. 13, Iss. 2,

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