na INLIS000000000017329 20241111093927 0010-0721001861 ta 241111 | | | ARTVET1861 The Orgin and Pathogenecity of Basidiobulus Species in Norhern Australia / Zahari, P.; Hirst, R. G.; Shipton, W. A.; Campbell, R. S. F. Proceeding of The 7th Congress of Federation of Asian Veterinary Associations. Thailand. 4-7 November 1990 1990 p. 712-724. 1990 Hirst, R. G. Shipton, W. A. Campbell, R. S. F. Basidiobolus haptosporus. Drechsler causes human and animal disease in the tropics. This paper reports the isolation of the organism from natural substrates and describes their pathogenicity. Basiodibolus spp were recovered from faecal samples of amphibians, reptiles and macropods, from woodlice and from granulomatous skin lesions of horses. Some i'sailates were heat-tolerant. Almost all of the heat-tolerant isolates were pathogenic to suckling mice and had smooth or undulate or smooth plus undulate zygospore walls. When inoculated intracerebrally they caused encephalomalacia, necrosis, meningoencephalitis, congestion, haemorrhage and a granulomatous reaction in the central nervous tissue, hydrocephalus and nervous signs. Pathogenic isolates were recovered from certain amphibians, reptiles, macropods, woodlice, and a granulomatous skin lesion of a horse. There was a variety of animal sources of pathogenic strains of the organism widely distributed in the sampling area, thus the potential hazard of pathogenic infection could be more serious than previously considered ARTVET1861 ARTVET1861