Important Mycosis of Wildlife: Emphasis on Etiology, Epidemiology, Diagnosis, and Pathology—A Review: PART 2

Abstract

Wild animals are an important component of the ecosystem, and play a major role in it. However, in recent years, there has been an astronomical increase in the incidence of wildlife mycotic diseases leading to wildlife extermination. It is important to note that most of these mycotic diseases are zoonotic, and since there is a lot of attention given to zoonosis of a bacterial or viral origin in recent times, it is important to look into the mycotic diseases which may have zoonotic potential. Previously, the authors expatiated on some major wildlife mycotic diseases. In this review, we shed light on the etiology, epidemiology, diagnosis, pathogenesis, pathogenicity, macroscopic and microscopic pathology, and hematological and serum biochemical findings of dermatophytosis, coccidioidomycosis, blastomycosis, and sporotrichosis, which are very important mycoses of wildlife.

Comparative assessment of regulated methods and PCR in the diagnosis of trichophytosis in veterinary mycology

“…They are caused by microscopic fungi of three main genera— Trichophyton , Epidermophyton , Nannizzia , Paraphyton , Lophophyton , Microsporum , and Arthroderma. The study by Ugochukwu et al . (2022) has concluded that of the three genera of dermatomycoses, Epidermophyton affects exclusively humans, whereas Microsporum and Trichophyton , in most cases, affect animals.…”