I believe that friends who have experience in raising cats are not unfamiliar with the term "cat moss", which has caused headaches for countless cat owners, and even some of the cat owners have become distracted.
As a person with five years of experience in raising four cats, I will answer your questions in several ways on the issue of "cat moss" today. I believe that after reading this article, everyone will think that cat moss is just a piece of cake.
What exactly is cat moss?
Cat moss is actually a relatively common fungal skin disease in cats. It is more common in malnourished and sickly cats. Multiple areas include round or oval ringworm spots on the face, torso, limbs, and tail, covered with gray scales, and the hair color will become rough. The coat of the ringworm spots will fall off and break off. Or fall off. Cats infected with cat ringworm have a huge itch, so they often rub it on various objects. The course of the disease is long, and bald spots are formed after the scales fall off.
Now it has been found that there are 5 kinds of fungi that can cause skin diseases in dogs and cats, including Microsporum canis, Microsporum gypsum, Moss trichomes, Microsporum odua and Microsporum mutans, of which Microsporum canis is the most common, followed by Microsporum gypsum.
1. Microsporum canis, 70% of tinea in dogs and cats is caused by this fungus, which mainly forms round crusts on the skin. Although it is called Microsporum canis, it can also infect cats, and it can be affected throughout the year. Microsporum canis mainly causes tinea capitis in humans.
2. Microsporum gypsum lives in the soil, and people are also susceptible. The disease is relatively acute and has serious damage. Sometimes it causes large areas of skin lesions. It is prone to secondary bacterial infections and local exudative suppuration. It can last for months or even years after becoming chronic.
3. Microsporum odua and Trichosanthes pilaris are generally transmitted from humans to dogs, cats and cats. Dogs and cats are unlikely to be transmitted to humans. The former mainly causes tinea capitis in children, and the latter is the main pathogen of athlete’s foot in the United States. .
There are two kinds of fungi that infect cats, namely Microsporum canis and Moss licheniformis, 98% of which are Microsporum canis. As the disease evolves, it becomes an irritating dry round macula (tinea vulgaris).
