Cutaneous fungal granulomas due to Alternaria spp. infection in a horse in New Zealand

Authors: Pandey SK, Dicken M, Munday JS, Archer RM, Mayhew IG
Publication: New Zealand Veterinary Journal, Volume 58, Issue 6, pp 319-320, Dec 2010
Publisher: Taylor and Francis

Animal type: Horse
Subject Terms: Diagnostic procedures, Disease/defect, Fungal/yeast, Inflammation, Integument/skin/wool/hair/fur/feather, Surgery
Article class: Peer-reviewed correspondence

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Abstract:

Equine cutaneous fungal granulomas have been previously referred to in New Zealand (Fairley 1998), and are described in the veterinary literature from around the world, including North America and Australia (Pascoe and Summers 1981; Genovese et al. 2001; Valentine et al. 2006), but no peer-reviewed reports appear published in the literature in New Zealand. Described here is a case of multiple cutaneous fungal granulomas caused by Alternaria spp. in a horse in New Zealand.

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