Epidémiologie de la dermatophilose à Dermatophilus congolensis

Abstract

The epizootiology of Dermatophilus congolensis infection is discussed, in the light of close observations on the natural disease and the experiments performed in domestic, laboratory animals and the fowl. These investigations suggested that the responses of experimental animals to the organism differed from those under natural field conditions. The view is put forward that the organism is an opportunist to which animals with the right skin microclimate become sensitized.