The keratinized layers as an ideal region for TEM localization of microorganisms in bovine dermatitis
- 1 August 1984
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America
- Vol. 42, 186-187
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0424820100111045
Abstract
Bovine dermatitis of bacterial and viral involvement are of common occurrence in different parts of the world. The notable bovine dermatitis of both categories are dermatophilosis, lumpy skin disease and pyoderma. In terms of overall prevalence and severity, dermatophilosis is among the topmost ranking of all bovine dermatitis. It is usually a chronic dermatitis affecting most domesticated animals and man all over the world, especially in humid topical regions.The role of the outermost keratinized layers in common bovine dermatitis, such as dermatophilosis, appear not to be fully appreciated in view of the usual assumption that the keratinized layers are solely composed of dead tissue elements. It is therefore a common practice to discard the keratinized layers during processing of skin biopsy lesions. The result is that the associated micro-organisms are hardly localized or non significantly isolated. The present report furnishes evidence indicating that the keratinized layers serve as an ideal region for the activities of micro-organisms associated with two types of bovine dermatitis clinically resembling dermatophilosis.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: