J-N the tropics ringworm infection of the body is not only common but difficult to avoid afld more difficult to cure. In any skin outpatient department the number of cases of der^atomycosis is quite large. In Calcutta, 20 Per cent of the total number of patients with skin disease come for the treatment of ringworm infection, i.e. about 2,000 new cases every year. To this may be added quite an A...

The aim of this study was to develop an in-house enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for the serological diagnosis of ringworm infection in cattle. We used available recombinant forms of Trichophyton rubrum dipeptidyl peptidase V (TruDppV) and T. rubrum leucin aminopeptidase 2 (TruLap2), which are 98% identical to Trichophyton verrucosum orthologues. Field serum samples from 135 cattle wi...

A 100-sow farrow-to-feeder farm with an outdoor gestation lot had a 4-year history of ring-like skin lesions in lactating sows. On average, 90% of sows in each 5-week batch developed lesions within a week of entering the farrowing house. Lesions beginning as 2to 3-cm circles of dark, crusty skin coalesced into larger areas on the back, sides, and ventral abdomen. No etiologic agent was identifi...

Background and Objectives: Cattle dermatophytosis (syn. cattle ringworm), an important skin infection, has received major consideration not only for economical losses in the animal breeding industry but also in regards to its zoonotic transmission to humans. For effective control measures, it is important to determine the disease prevalence in cattle herds. Materials and Methods: To determine r...

Erasmus Wilson, whose book entitled A Practical and Theoretical Treatise on the Diagnosis, Pathology, and Treatment of Diseases of the Skin16 was published just one hundred years ago, needs no advocate. No apology need be offered for any of his writings or teachings, as is attested by the fame which he attained in many fields. He began his professional career as an anatomist, and he published b...