title: Conjunctival fungal flora in horses, cattle, dogs, and cats.
abstract: Conjunctival swab specimens were obtained from both eyes of 43 horses, 25 cows, 50 dogs, and 25 cats without keratitis or other ophthalmologic problems. Fungi were isolated from 95% of the horses, 100% of the cows, 22% of the dogs, and 40% of the cats. Aspergillus spp were isolated from 56% of the horses, 12% of the cows, 8% of the cats, and none of the dogs. Penicillium spp and Cladosporium spp were isolated ubiquitously. Collectively, 28 species from 209 isolants were identified.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000382:microbiology; D002415:Cats / Q000382:microbiology*; D002417:Cattle / Q000382:microbiology*; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000382:microbiology; D003228:Conjunctiva / Q000382:microbiology*; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000382:microbiology; D004285:Dogs / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000382:microbiology; D006736:Horses / Q000382:microbiology*; D007637:Keratoconjunctivitis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary; D003904:Mitosporic Fungi / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009181:Mycoses / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary