Contents

Part I Pathogenic Fungi, Definitions, Terminology, Methods of Classification

1 Distribution of Pathogens and Outbreak Fungi in the Fungal

Kingdom...........................................................................................................

G. Sybren de Hoog, Sarah A. Ahmed, Patrizia Danesi,

Jacques Guillot, and Yvonne Graser

2 Epidemiological Definitions, Terminology and Classifications with

Reference to Fungal Infections of Animals................................................... 17

Matthew C. Fisher

Part II Epizootic Mycoses with a Reservoir in Animals, with Occasional Outbreaks

3 Common and Emerging Dermatophytoses in Animals:

Well-Known and New Threats...................................................................... 31

Vit Hubka, Andrea Peano, Adela Cmokova, and Jacques Guillot

4 Coccidioidomycosis in Animals.................................................................... 81

Bridget Marie Barker

5 Histoplasmosis in Animals.......................................................................... 115

Jacques Guillot, Christine Guerin, and Rene Chermette

6 Paracoccidioidomycosis in Animals and Humans...................................... 129

Sandra de Moraes Gimenes Bosco and Eduardo Bagagli

7 Adiaspiromycosis and Diseases Caused by Related Fungi

in Ajellomycetaceae...................................................................................... 147

Andrew M. Borman, Yanping Jiang, Karolina Dukik, Lynne Sigler, Ilan S. Schwartz, and G. Sybren de Hoog

8 Blastomycosis in Mammals........................................................................ 159

Ilan S. Schwartz

9 Paracoccidioidomycosis ceti (Lacaziosis/Lobomycosis)

in Dolphins................................................................................................... 177

Raquel Vilela and Leonel Mendoza

Part III Emerging Mycoses in Animals

10 Feline Sporotrichosis..................................................................................

Anderson Messias Rodrigues, G. Sybren de Hoog,

and Zoilo Pires de Camargo

11 Lethargic Crab Disease: Now You See, Now You Don’t.......................... 233

Vania A. Vicente, Raphael Orelis-Ribeiro, G. Sybren de Hoog, and Walter A. Boeger

12 Cryptococcosis: Emergence of Cryptococcus gattii in Animals

and Zoonotic Potential................................................................................ 249

Karuna Singh, Macit Ilkit, Tahereh Shokohi, Ali Tolooe,

Richard Malik, and Seyedmojtaba Seyedmousavi

13 White-Nose Syndrome in Hibernating Bats............................................... 289

Gudrun Wibbelt

14 Chytridiomycosis........................................................................................ 309

An Martel, Frank Pasmans, Matthew C. Fisher, Laura F. Grogan,

Lee F. Skerratt, and Lee Berger

15 Feline Aspergillosis..................................................................................... 337

Vanessa R. Barrs

Part IV Antifungals and Risk of Resistance

16 Antifungal Use in Veterinary Practice and Emergence

of Resistance............................................................................................... 359

Seyedmojtaba Seyedmousavi, Nathan P. Wiederhold, Frank Ebel, Mohammad T. Hedayati, Haleh Rafati, and Paul E. Verweij

Index................................................................................................................... 403