Background: Dermatophilus congolensis is a facultative anaerobic actinomycete that causes papular to exudative dermatitis with crusting in horses. This organism is frequently implicated as a cause of pastern dermatitis, but few data are available validating the organism's association with this...

Background: Dermatophilus congolensis causes a crusting dermatitis that affects horses. Diagnosis requires the identification of the organism with cytological evaluation of crust samples. This method can lack sensitivity in chronic cases. Hypothesis/Objectives: To develop a probe-based real time...

Bacterial dermatoses in horses are more frequent than dermatophytosis and are mainly caused by Staphylococcus aureus and Dermatophilus congolensis. As in other species, it is important to investigate an underlying cause in the presence of infectious dermatoses. As a priority, the living conditions...

Streptothricosis is a dermatitis characterized by matted tufts of hair and coalescing, pustular crusts that affects many livestock species, including horses. It results from cutaneous infection by the actinobacterium Dermatophilus congolensis. For economic reasons, the ailment is often treated with ...

In this opinion, the antimicrobial-resistant bacteria responsible for transmissible diseases that constitute a threat to the health of horses have been assessed. The assessment has been performed following a methodology composed of information collected via an extensive literature review and expert ...

The aim of this study was to characterise the genera and species of Gram-positive aerobic and microaerophilic microorganisms isolated from pathological processes and lesions in horses. In the period 2009-2014, 449 clinical samples from horses were examined. Of these, 229 (51%) were collected from...

Dermatophilosis is an exudative pustular dermatitis that affects cattle, sheep, horses, goats, dogs, cats, reptiles, and occasionally humans. This disease is caused by Dermatophilus congolensis, a pleomorphic Gram-positive actinomycete. According to the Veterinary Services, the highest incidence of ...

Aims: To compare the rate of growth of four microbial strains that cause disease in the horse, on four commonly used types of bedding. The moisture-holding capacity of each bedding type was also tested. Methods and Results Microbial strains included Streptococcus equi, Streptococcus zooepidemicus, ...

Dermatophilosis caused by Dermatophilus congolensis causes exudative dermatitis in a variety of species. The infection is generally limited to the cutaneous tissues, where infection is acquired from the environment and bacteria penetrate into keratinized epithelium through epithelial disruption. A...