Fungal agents of clinical importance in vet setting

Invades hair, skin and nails

Grow on outside of hair shaft

ZOONOTIC

Microsporum canis and gypseum

Candida

Apergillus

Woods lamp - flouresce some species of microsporum - lime green

Lactophenol cotton blue stain

Culture media (DTM) - turns red

Clean skin lesion

Broken hair shafts and dry scale skin is best

Cap lose on media - first sign of color change, make slide

Any fluid that flows from the circulatory system in lesions or areas of inflammation

Thick - pus, mucus

Cloudy, turbid

Sp gravity > 1.020

TP > 3 g/dl

Cellular material

Fluid that passes through a membrane which filters out much of the protein and cellular elements to yield a watery solution

Increases pressure in capilaries and accumulates outside of vessels

Plurel cavity, parential cavity, paracardial sac

Clear and very little cellular materal

Sp gravity < 1.012 and TP < 3g/dl

Ascites

Pleural effusion

CHF

Pus

Chyle

Malignant tumors

Mucus

Lub and cusion for joints

Transudate