Fungous Disease in Man Acquired from Cattle and Horses

Abstract

FUNGUS acquired from cattle or horses, more popularly referred to as "barn itch," is a common disease in rural New Hampshire and Vermont. Because of its epidemiology, it is rarely observed in highly mechanized industrial cities. "Barn itch" is a disease of farmers and their families and presents characteristic clinical findings. Until the subject was reviewed in detail by Fowle and Georg¹ in 1947 and by Carney² in 1949, it was believed that Trichophyton mentagrophytes was the common pathogen of this disease. Their findings receive support from our own, in which Trichophyton faviforme was found to be the common causative . . .