Vol. 9, Issue 3, Part E (2024)

Author(s): PI Ganesan, Anamika Meena, Sanskruti Sunil Salutgi and Kaushal Kumar Meena

Abstract: The present study was carried out in an equine affected with wound infection in the pastern and fet-lock regions in proud flesh condition. Materials collected from the chronic wound were subjected to culture studies of both bacterial and fungal infections and antibiogram studies revealed sensitivity to levofloxacin only out of 16 antibiotics used. The horse was treated accordingly and the healing was still incomplete. The culture of the wound lesions with SDA media and staining with LPCB revealed the mixed infections status for Candida albicans Microsporum nanum, Trichophyton rubrum & Trichophyton mentagrophytes, Alternaria alternata & Exserohilum rostratum. Risk factors associated for the causation of multiple infections in this severely infected equine is discussed in this study.