Proverbio Daniela, Perego Roberta, Spada Eva, Bagnagatti de Giorgi Giada, Della Pepa Alessandra, Ferro Elisabetta
Dipartimento di Scienze Veterinarie per la Salute, la Produzione Animale e la Sicurezza Alimentare, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via G. Celoria 10, 20133 Milano, Italy.
Vet Med Int. 2014;2014:565470. doi: 10.1155/2014/565470. Epub 2014 May 13.
The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of dermatophytes in stray cats with and without clinical lesions from different colonies in rural and urban areas of Milan and surroundings in northern Italy. Stray cats (273) were caught during a trap-neuter-release (TNR) program conducted in different colonies of northern Italy in both rural and urban areas. Each cat was examined in dark environment with a Wood's lamp prior to sample collection. Hair or scales exhibiting typical fluorescence were removed with a pair of sterile hemostats and cultured. The hair of all cats was then sampled by Mackenzie modified brush technique regardless of the presence or absence of skin lesions attributable to dermatophytosis. All the hair samples were subjected to fungal culture. 15 cats were positive (5.5%). Microsporum canis was the most common dermatophyte isolated (13/15). The only other isolated dermatophyte was Trichophyton mentagrophytes (2/15). Our estimated prevalence of dermatophytes in stray cats was much lower than other Italian studies on the same population.
本研究的目的是确定意大利北部米兰及周边农村和城市地区不同群落中，有临床病变和无临床病变的流浪猫皮肤癣菌的患病率。在意大利北部农村和城市地区不同群落开展的诱捕-绝育-放归（TNR）项目期间，捕获了273只流浪猫。在采集样本前，每只猫都在黑暗环境中用伍德灯进行检查。用一对无菌止血钳取下表现出典型荧光的毛发或鳞片并进行培养。然后，无论是否存在由皮肤癣菌病引起的皮肤病变，所有猫的毛发均采用麦肯齐改良刷拭技术进行采样。所有毛发样本均进行真菌培养。15只猫呈阳性（5.5%）。犬小孢子菌是最常见的分离出的皮肤癣菌（13/15）。唯一分离出的其他皮肤癣菌是须癣毛癣菌（2/15）。我们估计的流浪猫皮肤癣菌患病率远低于意大利其他针对同一群体的研究。
