Vol. 9, Issue 1, Part A (2024)

A 2 months Old Persian cat presented to the Veterinary Clinical Complex, Apollo College of Veterinary Medicine, and Jaipur with cutaneous lesions all over the body was diagnosed for mucormycosis and microsporum species co-infection status by SDA culture and lacto phenol cotton blue staining. The associated risk factors for the development of cutaneous lesions in the Persian cat analyzed for the co-infection status of mucormycosis and microsporum species infections. In mucormycosis infection, immunitary status and young age were the attributed risk factors. The attributed risk factors for microsporum infection were predisposed long hair status and hereditary predisposition (?) of the Persion kitten for the development of skin lesions.