31/08/2026
đą FELINE RINGWORM (DERMATOPHYTOSIS) â āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āϏāĻāĻā§āϰāĻžāĻŽāĻ āĻāϤā§āϰāĻžāĻāĻāύāĻŋāϤ āϰā§āĻ đŠē
āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞā§āϰ āϤā§āĻŦāĻā§ āĻā§āϞāĻžāĻāĻžāϰāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āϞā§āĻŽ āĻāĻ ā§ āϝāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻāϏāĻāϏā§/āϏā§āĻā§āϞāĻŋ āϤā§āĻŦāĻ āĻŦāĻž āĻāĻžāĻāĻž āϞā§āĻŽ āĻĻā§āĻāϞ⧠Feline Dermatophytosis (Ringworm) āϏāύā§āĻĻā§āĻš āĻāϰāĻž āĻāĻāĻŋāϤāĨ¤ āĻāĻāĻŋ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ Microsporum canis āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āϏā§āώā§āĻ āĻšāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āĻ āĻŽāĻžāύā§āώ⧠āϏāĻāĻā§āϰāĻŽāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧠(Zoonotic disease)āĨ¤
đš Common Clinical Signs
âĸ Circular/patchy alopecia
âĸ Scaling & crusting
âĸ Broken hair
âĸ Skin redness or inflammation
âĸ Excessive grooming/scratching
âĸ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ face, ear, feet āĻ tail-āĻ āĻŦā§āĻļāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
đŦ Diagnosis
āĻļā§āϧ⧠lesion āĻĻā§āĻā§ āύāĻŋāĻļā§āĻāĻŋāϤ āĻšāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ āύāĻžāĨ¤ Veterinary examination-āĻāϰ āĻĒāĻžāĻļāĻžāĻĒāĻžāĻļāĻŋ Woodâs lamp examination, microscopic examination āĻāĻŦāĻ fungal culture/PCR āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻāϰāĻž āϝā§āϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĨ¤
đ Treatment & Management
āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§āĻāύ⧠topical + systemic antifungal therapy āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦā§āĻļā§āϰ āϝāĻĨāĻžāϝāĻĨ disinfection āĻāĻāϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻāϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āĻāĻā§āϰāĻžāύā§āϤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞāĻā§ āĻ
āύā§āϝāĻžāύā§āϝ āĻĒā§āώāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻŖā§ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻāϞāĻžāĻĻāĻž āϰāĻžāĻāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ bedding, brush, cage āĻ āĻāĻļāĻĒāĻžāĻļā§āϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦā§āĻļ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāώā§āĻāĻžāϰ āϰāĻžāĻāĻž āĻ
āϤā§āϝāύā§āϤ āĻā§āϰā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖāĨ¤
â ī¸ Important: Ringworm āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ zoonotic diseaseâāϤāĻžāĻ āĻāĻā§āϰāĻžāύā§āϤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ handling āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ hygiene āĻ personal protection āĻŦāĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϰāĻžāĻā§āύāĨ¤
Skin lesion āĻĻā§āĻāϞā§āĻ veterinary consultation āĻ proper diagnosis āĻāϰāĻžāύāĨ¤
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