Bianca Moreira de Souza, Salene Angelini Colombo, Roberta do Carmo Teixeira, Isadora Martins Pinto Coelho, Werik Dos Santos Barrado, Breno Oliveira Lima Ramos, Érica Lorenza Martins Araujo, Gustavo Canesso Bicalho, Maria Isabel de Azevedo, Kelly Moura Keller, Fabiana Dos Santos Monti, Lorena Diniz Macedo Silva Maia, Danielle Ferreira de Magalhães Soares, Camila Stefanie Fonseca de Oliveira
Sporotrichosis is a widespread fungal infection that affects skin and subcutaneous tissues in humans and animals. In cats, it is displayed as nodules, ulcers and lesions on the nasal and respiratory mucosa. Antifungal treatment of cats is crucial but many cases are difficult, thus resulting in discontinue of the treatment, with disastrous consequences for the animal, encouraging contamination of the environment, other animals and people. The effects of responsible ownership education and health education for owners of cats with feline sporotrichosis as well as the interval between veterinary consultations on treatment outcomes for three groups of owners and their pet cats were evaluated in this study...
April 20, 2024: Preventive Veterinary Medicine