title: Nasal and cutaneous aspergillosis in a goat.
abstract: Nasal and cutaneous aspergillosis is reported in an adult goat. The clinical signs were severe respiratory distress due to partial nasal obstruction, bilateral mucopurulent nasal discharge, skin nodules on the ears and dorsal nasal region and focal depigmentation of the ventral commissure of the right nostril. At necropsy examination, sagittal sectioning of the head revealed a yellow irregular mass extending from the nasal vestibule to the frontal portion of the nasal cavity. Microscopically, there was pyogranulomatous rhinitis and dermatitis, with numerous intralesional periodic acid-Schiff-positive fungal hyphae morphologically suggestive of Aspergillus spp. Aspergillus niger was isolated by microbiological examination.
authors.affiliation: Veterinary Hospital, Federal University of Campina Grande, Patos, Paraíba CEP 58700-000, Brazil.
authors.forename: P M S
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: do Carmo
authors.affiliation: Veterinary Hospital, Federal University of Campina Grande, Patos, Paraíba CEP 58700-000, Brazil.
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Portela
authors.affiliation: Veterinary Hospital, Federal University of Campina Grande, Patos, Paraíba CEP 58700-000, Brazil.
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: de Oliveira-Filho
authors.affiliation: Veterinary Hospital, Federal University of Campina Grande, Patos, Paraíba CEP 58700-000, Brazil.
authors.forename: A F M
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Dantas
authors.affiliation: Veterinary Hospital, Federal University of Campina Grande, Patos, Paraíba CEP 58700-000, Brazil.
authors.forename: S V D
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Simões
authors.affiliation: Veterinary Hospital, Federal University of Campina Grande, Patos, Paraíba CEP 58700-000, Brazil.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Garino
authors.affiliation: Veterinary Hospital, Federal University of Campina Grande, Patos, Paraíba CEP 58700-000, Brazil. Electronic address: franklin.riet@pq.cnpq.br.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Riet-Correa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001228:Aspergillosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D001234:Aspergillus niger / Q000302:isolation & purification; D015511:Goat Diseases / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D006041:Goats; D009668:Nose Diseases / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*
keywords: Aspergillus niger; cutaneous aspergillosis; goat; nasal aspergillosis