Presentation of dermatophyte lesions on different sites of adult cattle

Seventy cattle suspected to dermatophytosis were examined between march and april2003. the samples were taken from different lesions by scraping method. direct microscopicexamination and culture were carried out. the mean of infection duration was 2 weeks. fortythreecases were appeared with positive clinical signs of dermatophytosis and 27 cases wereasymptomatic. the etiologic agent of the infection was only trichophyton verrucosum. asignificant relation was observed between the frequency of head and neck lesions and othersites.there was a significant difference between the frequency of head lesions and other sites. sincehuman dermatophyte infections due to trichophyton verrucosum have been reportedrepeatedly in iran, it is necessary to design a preventive program such as developing an effectivevaccine against dermatophytosis into the future.