Sporomycosis is a disease caused by dogs inhaling air containing Coccidioides immitis. Clinically, it is characterized by cough, elevated body temperature, dyspnea, and chronic diarrhea.

[Pathogen] The pathogen of this disease is Coccidioides immitis. This fungus exists in soil or deserts at very low altitudes. In nature, it forms filamentous separated mycelium and produces chain-shaped joint spores.

【Popular Features】

The infection route of this disease is that dogs inhale dust mixed with the bacteria and become infected.

【Symptoms】Sick dogs suffer from depression, loss of appetite, elevated body temperature, coughing, vomiting, chronic diarrhea and weight loss. In addition, granulomas develop in the lungs, bronchus, and mediastinal lymph nodes, which spread to the pleura, liver, and kidneys, leading to pleurisy, hepatitis, and nephritis. When the joints are affected, the sick dog will limp or develop symptoms of muscle atrophy. The course of the disease is long, usually 2 to 5 months. Some cases will have a good outcome.

【Pathological changes】

According to the autopsy of the sick dog, it can be seen that there are granulomas in the lungs, weight loss, obvious inflammation in the pleura, liver and kidneys, joint lameness and muscle atrophy

[Diagnosis] In addition to the clinical symptoms and pathological changes of the disease, diagnosis must also be made in the laboratory, that is, smear microscopy of the disease material, intradermal test with coccidioidin, or chest X-ray, or A final determination can be made after conducting serum complement fixation test, agar diffusion test, etc.

【Preventive and Control Measures】

Treatment and prevention can refer to the measures and methods of histoplasmosis.

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