“…SsCBF antigen of epitopes comprised of O-linked mannosecontaining oligosaccharides with non-reducing ends of a-L-Rha 1 > 4 a-D-GlcA and a-L-Rha 1 > 4 [a-L-Rha 1 > 2]a-D-GlcA (Lopes-Alves et al, 1994). As in humans, cats may acquire systemic mycotic diseases, including blastomycosis (Blondin et al, 2007), histoplasmosis (Johnson et al, 2004), cryptococcosis (Malik et al, 1992), candidiasis (Pressler et al, 2003), aspergillosis (Hamilton et al, 2000), coccidioidomycosis (Graupmann-Kuzma et al, 2008), sporotrichosis (Barros et al, 2003, and dermatophytosis, a superficial mycosis (Pinheiro et al, 1997). In most cases, the diagnosis is based on traditional methods; serological diagnosis is rarely used in pets (Soltys and Sumner-Smith, 1971).…”