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1 September 2013 DERMATOPHYTOSIS IN ZOO MACROPODS: A QUESTIONNAIRE STUDY
Katie Alyce Boulton, Linda Jean Vogelnest, Larry Vogelnest
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Abstract

Limited published data are available on dermatophytosis in zoo macropods, despite anecdotal reports of disease occurrence and recurrent mob outbreaks. The aim of this questionnaire study was to analyze data from Australian and international zoos to evaluate estimated disease prevalence in zoos housing macropods, affected macropod species, causative organisms, predisposing factors, clinical presentations, diagnostics, treatments, and disease risk management. Two questionnaires (initial detailed and subsequent brief) were distributed via email to zoo veterinarians, with an estimated response rate of 23%. The overall estimated disease prevalence from responding zoos was 28%, with 73% of responding Australian zoos and 14% of responding non-Australian zoos reporting disease. The first cases of confirmed and suspected dermatophytosis in several macropod species and in association with Trichophyton verrucosum and Trichophyton mentagrophytes var. nodulare are reported, with young red kangaroos (Macropus rufus) appearing predisposed. Diagnosis was most commonly based on fungal culture or presumptively on typical clinical signs of minimally/nonpruritic alopecia, crusting, and scaling distributed most frequently on the tail, pinnae, and hind limbs. Both disease resolution without treatment and resolution after an average of 1to 2 mo of treatment were reported.

American Association of Zoo Veterinarians
Katie Alyce Boulton, Linda Jean Vogelnest, and Larry Vogelnest "DERMATOPHYTOSIS IN ZOO MACROPODS: A QUESTIONNAIRE STUDY," Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 44(3), 555-563, (1 September 2013). https://doi.org/10.1638/2011-0273R2.1
Received: 12 April 2012; Published: 1 September 2013
KEYWORDS
dermatophyte
dermatophytosis
kangaroo
macropod
ringworm
wallaby
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