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OJVRTM
Online Journal of
Veterinary Research©
Volume 21(9):595-599, 2017.
Effect of
topical Tamarix aphylla extract
on lesions caused by dermatophytosis (Trichophyton mentagrophytes)
on cats and In Vitro cultures.
Ali
Khezrian* (DVM), Kiumars Bahmani (DVM)
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran *E-mail
address: a.khezrian18@gmail.com
ABSTRACT
Khezrian A, Bahmani K., Effect of topical Tamarix aphylla extract on lesions
caused by dermatophytosis (Trichophyton mentagrophytes) on cats and In Vitro cultures, Onl J Vet Res., 21(9):595-599, 2017. Effect of topical Tamarix aphylla on
lesions caused by dermatophytosis on cats and In Vitro culture is described. For topical
application in cats, 20mg/ml T aphylla in
distilled water (DW) was used. Topical 20mg/ml ketoconazole and distilled water
(DW) were used as controls. The products were applied every 12h and lesions measured
weekly, for 5 weeks. Hair and scraped skin scale were examined microscopically
for dermatophytosis by wood lamp. In Vitro, 7 day T aphylla was cultured in Sabouraud Dextrose Agar (SDA). Ketonazole
and DW in SDA were used as controls. A petri dish culture was performed to
confirm findings. From the 1st to 5th week, in cats
treated with ketoconazole, lesions measured 3.1, 3, 2.2, 0.5 and 0cm, DW
controls 3, 3.5, 3:5 6.7, and 5:8cm and T.aphylla
extract 2.9, 2.9, 2.4, 0.9 and 0cm, respectively. In vitro, 1, 5, 10,
20, 30mg/ml T aphilla
produced inhibition zones of 0, 4, 8.4, 14.8 and 22.8mm respectively, but were not significantly different to
controls. Results suggest that T aphilla reduced dermatophytes lesions in cats. These
results need to be confirmed in larger number of animals.
Keywords: Tamarix
aphylla, dermatophytosis,
ketoconazole, cats, In Vitro.
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