DERMATOPHYTOSIS CAUSED BY Trichophyton verrucosum IN A THREE MONTH OLD CALF IN SHENDAM, PLATEAU STATE, NIGERIA

DALIS J.S.¹*, KAZEEM H.M.², KWAGA J.K.P.³, KWANASHIE C.N.⁴, MUHAMMED M.⁵, OKEWOLE P.A.⁶, SHAMAKI D.⁷, AHMED M.S.^8
1National Veterinary Research Institute, Vom, Nigeria.
²Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria.
³Department of Veterinary Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Nigeria.
⁴Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria.
⁵National Veterinary Research Institute, Vom, Nigeria.
⁶National Veterinary Research Institute, Vom, Nigeria.
⁷National Veterinary Research Institute, Vom, Nigeria.
⁸National Veterinary Research Institute, Vom, Nigeria.
* Corresponding Author : dalisjames280@yahoo.com

Received : 02-03-2014     Accepted : 15-05-2014     Published : 10-07-2014
Volume : 6     Issue : 1       Pages : 515 - 518
Int J Microbiol Res 6.1 (2014):515-518
DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.9735/0975-5276.6.1.515-518

A three-month-old calf was seen to have skin lesions involving the head and neck especially around the eyes. The lesions were circular, circumscribed, crusty, grayish-white and perceptibly raised above the skin. Skin scrapings and hair pullouts were aseptically collected and processed for mycology. Direct examination of hair in 20% KOH showed chains of ectothrix spores. Microscopic examination of the isolate stained with lactophenol cotton blue revealed septate hyphae with numerous clavate microconidia borne laterally from the hyphae and a single longish, thick, smooth- walled, and multi-septated macroconidia with characteristic rat tail (string bean shaped) suggestive of T. verrucosum. There was no growth on casein vitamin free agar but good growth was observed on medium containing thiamine and inositol. Information on bovine dermatophytosis from Nigeria is scanty. This finding is significant as it indicates that bovine dermatophytosis may be present in an economically important proportion among cattle especially young animals in Nigeria. The need to carry out more studies on the disease among the cattle population in the country with a view to instituting prevention and control measures was emphasized.

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