Yunusemre ÖZKANLAR, MUSTAFA SİNAN AKTAŞ, EKREM KİREÇCİ

Mycozoonosis associated with ringworm of calves in Erzurum province, Turkey

Erzurum yöresinde, kış sezonunda, bir çiftlikte yetiştirilen 8 buzağı trikofitozis’in deri lezyonları şikayeti ile kliniğe getirildi. Ayrıca, hayvan sahibi kolunda eritematöz, kepekli, kabuklu ve kaşıntılı tinea corporis’e sahipti. Buzağılar ve sahibinin lezyonlarından alınan numuneler veteriner mikrobiyoloji labaratuvarında incelendi. Mikroskobik ve kültür incelemelerinde, izole edilen etkenler Trichophyton verrucosum olarak tanımlandı. Hem buzağıların hem de sahibinin örneklerinden izole edilen türlerin aynı olduğu belirlendi. Hasta buzağılar aşı uygulaması ile sağaltıldı. Sonuç olarak, bu çalışmada bildirilen buzağılardaki trikofitozis’in zoonoz olduğu belirlendi. Trikofitozisli buzağılar ile sıkı temasta olan çiftçi ve yetiştiricilerin hastalığın zoonotik özellikleri yönünden bilgilendirilmesi gerektiği kanısına varıldı.

Anahtar Kelimeler:

Doğu Anadolu Bölgesi, Trichophyton verrucosum, buzağı, dermatomikoz, mantar, mikoz, meslek tehlikeleri, halk sağlığı, deri hastalıkları, zoonoz

Türkiye Erzurum yöresinde buzağı trikofitozisine bağlı mikozoonozis

Eight calves, raised in a farm in Erzurum province during winter season, were referred to the clinic with complaints of skin lesions of ringworm. Additionally, the owner had the tinea corporis of the arm with an erythematous, scurfy, crusty and pruritic lesion. The samples collected from lesions of calves and their owner were analyzed in laboratory of veterinary microbiology. The isolated agents were identified as Trichophyton verrucosum by microscopic and cultural examinations. The identical strain isolated was verified in both samples of calves and the owner. The affected calves were treated by inoculation of vaccine. In conclusion, it is determined that the ringworm of calves presented in this study is zoonosis. Both farmers and breeders with a close contact of animals with ringworm should be informed regarding zoonotic properties of the disease.

Keywords:

East Anatolia Region, Trichophyton verrucosum, calves, dermatomycoses, fungi, mycoses, occupational hazards, public health, skin diseases, zoonoses,

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