Therapeutic vaccination against dermatophytosis in horses with Insol (R) Dermatophyton - results of a field-study in eleven German counties

The treatment of dermatophytosis by the inactivated vaccine Insol(R)Dermato phyton was studied in eleven German counties between the end of 1997 and th e beginning of March 1999. 2 486 suspected clinical cases of dermatophytosi s were treated by 139 practicing veterinarians. 95 per cent of the cases sh owed a successful treatment four weeks after the 2nd vaccination. 3.9 per c ent of the cases demonstrated side effects which in all cases were mild and temporary. The use of the vaccine as a treatment for dermatophytosis can b e classified as very successful. Due to vaccination with Insol(R)Dermatophy ton the veterinarian now has the possibility of effectively and easily trea ting dermatophytosis.