Histopathological Changes Of Dermatophytosis In Cattle Of Diyala Government

Abstract

Dermatophytosis is common contagious and infectious and contagious cutaneous diseases, the present study describes the etiological significant of T. verrucosum in bovine dermatitis, One hundred samples were collected from cows (male and female, with age ranged between six month to four years) in Diyala Governorate . The skin lesion carefully dissect and used for history, pathological change study, the results showed irregular keratin without keratinocytes, dead neutrophils inflammatory layer, hyperkeratosis & acanthosis, necrotic hair follicle, debris of damage keratin due to the hyphae and vascularity, also showed nodular keratin, vacuolation, apoptotic bodies, neutrophil with septated hyphae, appear aggregation of dermatophytes clustered, and finally showed severe aggregation of neutrophils, hemorrhage with necrotic areas in epidermis layer.