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**Does not proliferate within the animal body
**Does not proliferate within the animal body
**Each spore develops into a thick-walled spherule called an '''adiaspore'''
**Each spore develops into a thick-walled spherule called an '''adiaspore'''
*''Chrysosporium parvum, C. crescens''
*Non-contageous, pulmonary mycosis
*Non-contageous, pulmonary mycosis
*Worldwide
*Worldwide
*Found in soil
*Affects burrowing rodents and small animals
*Affects burrowing rodents and small animals
*Spetate hyphae with large numbers of small, round conidia either singly or in groups on the ends of the short conidiospores can be seen
*Spetate hyphae with large numbers of small, round conidia either singly or in groups on the ends of the short conidiospores can be seen
*Dimorphic
*Grows on Sabauraud's Dextrose agar and Blood agar
==Aspergillosis==
==Aspergillosis==
*Affects dogs, cattle, sheep and humans
*Affects dogs, cattle, sheep and humans
*Mainly affects the lungs
*Mainly affects the [[Lungs - Anatomy & Physiology|lungs]]
**Dissemination can occur to other organs
**Dissemination can occur to other organs
*Thick-walled spherule in tissue
*Causes nodule or granuloma formation
**Localised
**Gross lesions resemble [[Mycobacteria spp.#Bovine tuberculosis|Tb]] in cattle as are usually seen in the bronchial and mediastinal [[Lymph Nodes - Anatomy & Physiology|lymph nodes]] and occasionally [[Lungs - Anatomy & Physiology|lungs]]
**Dissemination can occur, especially in primates and dogs, to the [[Lungs - Anatomy & Physiology|lungs]], [[Liver - Anatomy & Physiology|liver]], [[Spleen - Anatomy & Physiology|spleen]], [[Nervous System - CNS - Anatomy & Physiology|brain]] and [[Bones and Cartilage - Anatomy & Physiology|bones]]
*Thick-walled spherules in tissue
**Large sporangia burst leaving 'ghost' spherules
*Saprophytic phase consists of coarse, septate, branching hyphae which fragment into thick-walled, barrel-shaped arthrospores which alternate with empty cells
*Saprophytic phase consists of coarse, septate, branching hyphae which fragment into thick-walled, barrel-shaped arthrospores which alternate with empty cells
**Stained by Lactose Phenol Cotton Blue
*Grows on Sabouraud's Dextrose agar and Blood agar
**Flat, moist colonies which develop a coarse, cotton-like aerial mycelium which varies from white to brown in colour
*Complement fixation test, latex agglutination and immunodiffusion tests can all be used
**A positive skin test indicates exposure
==Entomophthoromycisus==
==Entomophthoromycisus==