KERATINOPHILIC FUNGI FROM COATS OF WILD BOARS IN ITALY

Hair samples were collected from wild boars (Sus scrofa) in Italy to d etermine the presence of keratinophilic fungi. Eleven (5%) of 211 boar s had fungi: two (1%) had Tricophyton mentagrophytes, five (2%) had I: terrestre, two (1%) had Chrysosporium kerntinophilum, one (0.5%) had Chrysosporium tropicum, and one (0.5%) had both C. keratinophilum and T. terrestre. These are the first recorded isolations of C. keratinoph ilum, C. tropicum, and T. terrestre from wild boars. Based on the low prevalence of keratinophilic fungi, wild boars probably are not of spe cial epizootological interest for dermatophytic infections.