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Hindi Case Report, J Vet Sci Med Diagn Vol: 2 Issue: 4
Scrotal Pythiosis in a Draft Horse
| Walaa Awadin1*, Esam Mosbah2, Adel E Zaghloul2, Érico S Loreto3, Régis A Zanette3 and Janio M Santurio3 | |
| 1Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt | |
| 2Department of Surgery, Anaesthesiology and Radiology, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt | |
| 3Postgraduate Program in Pharmacology, Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Federal University of Santa Maria, RS, Brazil | |
| Corresponding author : Walaa Awadin Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt Tel: +201011610725 E-mail: walaafekriawadin@yahoo.com |
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| Received: September 19, 2013 Accepted: October 29, 2013 Published: November 01, 2013 | |
| Citation: Awadin W, Mosbah E, Zaghloul AE, Loreto ÉS, Zanette RA, et al. (2013) Scrotal Pythiosis in a Draft Horse. J Vet Sci Med Diagn 2:4. doi:10.4172/2325-9590.1000120 |
Abstract
Scrotal Pythiosis in a Draft Horse
Equine cutaneous pythiosis (ECP) has been directly related to the attraction of aquatic zoospores of Pythium insidiosum (P. insidiosum) to the cutaneous lesions, followed by encystation of zoospores in the new habitat. P. insidiosumrequires an aquatic environment and organic substrate (e.g., moist, decaying vegetation) for maintenance of its normal life cycle. The lesions were restricted to the skin and subcutaneous tissues in horses. However, the organism can invade the external genitalia, neck, trunk, dorsal midline, intestinal tract, lymphatic, arteries, lung, trachea, bone, joints, and tendon sheaths. This case report described scrotal pythiosis in a draft horse.
