Outbreak due to Fusarium solani on a Brazilian ostrich farm

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33448/rsd-v11i2.25499

Keywords:

Fusarium solani; Mycotic infection; Ostrich; Strutio camelus; Hatchery.

Abstract

The aim of this study was to present and discuss the laboratory finding of Fusarium solani as opportunistic agent of invasive mycosis in chicks and eggs on an ostrich farm located in Cosmópolis (São Paulo, Brazil). Dyspnea and tachypnea were the main signs and symptoms presented by the chicks. Multiple whitish foci were found scattered over the chicks’ air sac membranes, lungs and livers and over the external membranes of the eggs. Fungal mycelia were observed in the air compartments of some of the eggs. An isolate purified from a lung culture was subsequently identified as Fusarium solani based on its morphological and molecular profiles. It was likely that the high humidity and temperature, as well as the matte paint that had been applied to the hatchery and birth room walls, provided conditions favoring fungal growth. Strict environmental sanitary measures are necessary to maintain microbial control. Uncommon fungi such as Fusarium solani must be considered as opportunistic pathogens in commercial ostrich culturing.     

Author Biography

Henri Donnarumma Levy Bentubo, Universidade Paulista; Universidade do Vale do Paraíba

Self-employed Veterinary Doctor specializing in veterinary dermatology with 17 years of experience. He participated in the Microbiology Teaching Improvement Program (PAE) at the University of São Paulo (USP). Master in Biological Sciences (concentration area: Microbiology) from the Institute of Biomedical Sciences of the University of São Paulo (ICB-USP) and PhD in Sciences (concentration area: Microbiology and Immunology) from the Federal University of São Paulo/Paulista School of Medicine (UNIFESP/EPM). With experience in undergraduate academic routines, he has 14 years of teaching experience, having developed work in basic and professional disciplines in various courses in the health area. He is currently a Full Professor at Universidade Paulista (UNIP), Professor at the University of Vale do Paraíba (UNIVAP) and Career Mentor for undergraduate and graduate students (latu-sensu). Training focused on Preventive Veterinary Medicine and Animal Health provides consistent research into the epidemiological and clinical aspects of the host-parasite relationship in the various dermatopathic diseases in animals, with an emphasis on mycoses and zoonoses of public health importance. Has organizational and administrative skills, with ease of communication and assertiveness. Works in the areas of people development/professional training; microbiology/general immunology and applied to the infectology of small and large animals, as well as wild animals; veterinary and comparative dermatology. He is a researcher at the Research Group in Clinical and Infectious Diseases (CNPq) at Universidade Paulista. Member of the SBDV (Brazilian Society of Veterinary Dermatology) and of the SLDV (Latin American Society of Veterinary Dermatology).

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BENTUBO, H. D. L.; SILVA, V. F. da .; MANGIATERRA, M. B. B. C. D. .; GONÇALVES, S. S. . Outbreak due to Fusarium solani on a Brazilian ostrich farm. Research, Society and Development, [S. l.], v. 11, n. 2, p. e11411225499, 2022. DOI: 10.33448/rsd-v11i2.25499. Disponível em: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/25499. Acesso em: 14 nov. 2024.

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