Department of Veterinary Public Health

Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Sciences

West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery Sciences

37, K. B. Sarani, Kolkata-700 037, W.B., India

The present study was undertaken to detect the occurrence of different dermatophytes in clinically suspected dogs and cats, and to evaluate the antifungal activities of propylene glycol and magnesium chloride against the isolates. A total of 517 samples including skin scrapings, hair, and nail scrapings were collected from suspected dogs (n=428) and cats (n=89) in West Bengal, India. Standard mycological technique was followed for isolation and identification of dermatophytes. Microsporum canis was isolated with highest frequency from both dogs and cats followed by Trichophyton mentagrophytes and Microsporum gypseum. Minimum inhibitory concentration of propylene glycol against selected isolates of M. canis, M. gypseum and T. mentagrophytes was detected as 0.008 g /L, whereas, magnesium chloride produced a minimum inhibitory concentration of 0.016 g /L against the same isolates. The study confirmed antifungal effect of both propylene glycol and magnesium chloride against studied dermatophyte isolates and better inhibitory property of propylene glycol.

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