Questions about ringworm again...

[aly13]

Hi, been working the last few months to get rid of supposed ringworm on my two girls (but one in particular, the other only ever had some spores in her coat). We used malaseb shampoo many times and each time f10ed and washed fabrics at 60°. It still persisted so finally we did a 6 week course of itrafungal, with a bath at the end so any spores would be out of their fur, and again disinfecting everything with f10.

One of the girls is still showing green flourescent ears and on her nose. The vet was kind of mystified because her ears look perfectly fine in normal light, no crust or scabs or anything out of ordinary.Its only when its under the black light it shows light green. And the other pig was completely free of it.

They never had any bald patches or scabs, only symptom was itching (not even her ears though), and me and my mum who handled them daily even before we knew they had it never got any ringworm ourselves. So I'm kinda questioning if it is even ringworm..could it be a less harmful fungus that for some reason itrafungal didnt kill?

Dont know what else to do apart from bath them every month for the rest of their lives in antifungal shampoo and possibly never be able to introduce any other pigs in case they catch it too? Will be discussing at vets again this week but last time even though he saw some on the ears he was unsure about it and said they would probably be fine, didnt know how to move forward when we already did the full course of itra..

 

[Wiebke]

Hi

The itrafungol should have frankly done the trick. Unfortunately the fluorescence method is not as fail-safe as it is made out to be. As long as there is no fungal exudate, there is no active fungal skin infection.
As you have done everything and there are no visible signs of ringworm, I would recommend to just leave be and only step in in case of a new outbreak (which should not happen).

Just diagnosing ringworm without an acute patch (i.e. outbreak) may overlook skin parasites. Treating for the one can suppress the other temporarily but will not cure.
New piggy problems: URI - ringworm - skin parasites

 

[aly13]

Hi

The itrafungol should have frankly done the trick. Unfortunately the fluorescence method is not as fail-safe as it is made out to be. As long as there is no fungal exudate, there is no active fungal skin infection.
As you have done everything and there are no visible signs of ringworm, I would recommend to just leave be and only step in in case of a new outbreak (which should not happen).

Just diagnosing ringworm without an acute patch (i.e. outbreak) may overlook skin parasites. Treating for the one can suppress the other temporarily but will not cure.
New piggy problems: URI - ringworm - skin parasites

Thank you for reading and answering me! They have also had static hay lice in the past which have been eradicted now with ivermectin so that couldve caused itching too but the vet said it was fine and overlooked it.

She still has a little line of crust on her nose that never was able to be removed during the bathing or fell off during itrafungal but it isnt growing or worsening. Ill just keep an eye on things i guess

 

[Wiebke]

Thank you for reading and answering me! They have also had static hay lice in the past which have been eradicted now with ivermectin so that couldve caused itching too but the vet said it was fine and overlooked it.

She still has a little line of crust on her nose that never was able to be removed during the bathing or fell off during itrafungal but it isnt growing or worsening. Ill just keep an eye on things i guess

Acute ringworm is over when no new fungal exudate crusts are forming.