Infected hair shafts will remain infectious for over a year so very thorough cleaning around infected animals is mandated.
Not exact matches
The evidence for the presence of a mycelial fungus in affected areas of the
infected bats was obtained when tissue samples from the Williams Hotel Mine were examined by SEM; this imaging method revealed abundant fungal growth on skin and
hair shafts (Fig. 1Ci - iv).
«In dogs, the fungi commonly
infect hair follicles, which causes the affected
hair shafts to break off at the skin line resulting in round patches of
hair loss.»