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| What are the three important species of Candida in animal infections?
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- C. albicans
- C. tropicalis
- C. pelliculosa
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| What are the clinical signs of a sour crop infection?
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- White-grey lesions in mouth, oesophagus and crop
- Thickened crop wall
- Yellow-white necrotic material in crop
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| What other conditions are Candida spp. implicated in?
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- Thrush in humans
- Metritis, pyometra and vaginitis in mares
- Genital candidiosis in stallions
- Bovine mastitis
- Porcine stomach ulcers
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| How would you demonstrate a Candida infection?
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- Skin scrapings in 20% KOH for microscopy
- Lactophenol Cotton Blue and stained by Gram or Methylene Blue stain
- Grows on Blood agar and Sabouraud's Dextrose agar
- Gram positive, oval, thin-walled budding cells with hyphal fragments
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