Molecular characterization of ovine zygomycosis in central western Brazil.
Zygomycosis is an important granulomatous disease that affects humans and animals, particularly sheep in tropical regions. Rhinofacial and nasopharyngeal zygomycosis were described in sheep in association with Conidiobolus spp. The present study characterized 5 samples of Conidiobolus isolated from 3 herds with clinical disease in Mato Grosso State, Brazil. The clinical and pathological findings were similar to nasopharyngeal zygomycosis. Based on morphological features, isolates were classified as Conidiobolus spp., and molecular phylogenetic analyses based on 18S ribosomal DNA grouped all isolates in a Conidiobolus lamprauges cluster. The current report describes the molecular characterization of ovine nasopharyngeal zygomycosis associated with C. lamprauges.
Veterinary Hospital at UFMT-Avenida Fernando Corrêa da Costa, S/N, Postcode: 78060-900, Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil.
Daphine Ariadne Jesus
DA
de Paula
João Xavier
JX
de Oliveira Filho
Maria Cristina
MC
da Silva
Edson Moleta
EM
Colodel
Leonardo
L
Broetto
Paulo Marcos
PM
Pinto
Augusto
A
Schrank
Luciano
L
Nakazato
Valéria
V
Dutra
D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D020092:Conidiobolus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010802:Phylogeny; D012331:RNA, Fungal / Q000235:genetics; D012337:RNA, Ribosomal, 18S / Q000235:genetics; D012756:Sheep; D012757:Sheep Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D020096:Zygomycosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*
D012331:RNA, Fungal; D012337:RNA, Ribosomal, 18S