DOI: 10.36871/vet.zoo.bio.202109002
UDC 579.62: 579.25

Authors

V. A. Savinov
Researcher of Laboratory of Mycology and Antibiotics named after A. H. Sarkisov, Federal Scientific Center – All-Russian Research Institute of Experimental Veterinary Medicine named after K. I. Skryabin and Ya. R. Kovalenko of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation
R. S. Ovchinnikov
Candidate of Biological Sciences, Leading Researcher of Laboratory of Mycology and Antibiotics named after A. H. Sarkisov, Federal Scientific Center – All-Russian Research Institute of Experimental Veterinary Medicine named after K. I. Skryabin and Ya. R. Kovalenko of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation
A. G. Yuzhakov
Candidate of Biological Sciences, Head of the laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Federal Scientific Center – All-Russian Research Institute of Experimental Veterinary Medicine named after K. I. Skryabin and Ya. R. Kovalenko of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation
A. V. Khabarova
Laboratory assistant of Laboratory of Mycology and Antibiotics named after A. H. Sarkisov, Federal Scientific Center – All-Russian Research Institute of Experimental Veterinary Medicine named after K. I. Skryabin and Ya. R. Kovalenko of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation
A. G. Gaynullina
Researcher of Laboratory of Mycology and Antibiotics named after A. H. Sarkisov, Federal Scientific Center – All-Russian Research Institute of Experimental Veterinary Medicine named after K. I. Skryabin and Ya. R. Kovalenko of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation

Abstract

Dermatophytic fungi Nannizzia persicolor, Nannizzia fulva, Trichophyton benhamiae and Microsporum ferrugineum were isolated from pets (cats, dogs, guinea pig) in Moscow region. The species identification was confirmed by ITS sequencing. Their macro- and micromorphological agent of dermatophytosis in companion animals. A considerable phenotypic polymorphism among M canis isolates was revealed, thus obstructing species identification. A wide prevalence of dermatophytosis in companion animals (46%) was shown, with a predominance of the zooanthropophilic species M. canis (95%). This is the first confirmed cases of pet dermatophytosis caused by N. persicolor, N. fulva, T. benhamiae and M. ferrugineum in Russian Federation.

Keywords

dermatophytosis of pets, dermatophytes, microsporia, trichophytosis, Nannizzia fulva, Trichophyton benhamiae, Nannizzia persicolor, dermatitis.