Abstract

CARDONA, J. A; VARGAS-VILORIA, M  and  PERDOMO, S. FREQUENCY OF CUTANEOUS PYTHIOSIS IN DAIRY HORSES IN FARMS OF CORDOBA, COLOMBIA. Rev. Med. Vet. Zoot. [online]. 2014, vol.61, n.1, pp.31-43. ISSN 0120-2952.  https://doi.org/10.15446/rfmvz.v61n1.43882.

The equine cutaneous pythiosis is a chronic, granulomatous, often pruriginous, rapidly progressive condition, caused by the oomycete Pythium insidiosum, and with occurrence in regions with temperatures ranging from temperate to hot (tropics and subtropics), as in the Colombian Atlantic Coast, where pythiosis is favored by environmental conditions and floods. The objective of this study was to determine the frequency of occurrence of cutaneous pythiosis in dairy horses of farms of the department of Cordoba, Colombia. We performed a prospective study in animals of convenience, between November of 2012 and January of 2013. We evaluated clinical, epidemiological and histopathologically 47 horses with granulomatous skin lesions compatible with pythiosis, from 175 equine belonging to 7 farms located in flood zones of 3 municipalities of the department of Cordoba, Colombia. The frequency of occurrence of equine cutaneous pythiosis in farms of Cordoba department, was 26.9%. It is concluded that clinical and epidemiological manifestations, macroscopic characteristics of the skin lesions and pathological findings, show a median pythiosis presence of equine dermal in 7 farms located in flood zones of the department of Cordoba, Colombia.

Keywords : Equine; zygomycosis; Pythium insidiosum.

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