Animal House
Animal House: What is Ringworm?
Breaking down the fungal infection Dermtophytosis, better known as ringworm.
I love the texts I get from my wife at work, and this week was no exception. The text said, “have a puppy with ringworm, can we bring it home?” Now, this may seem like an odd text, but when your wife is a veterinarian and you live on the island of misfit animals, it is a completely normal text. The good news is that the puppy will only be with us for a few weeks for treatment and then will be up for adoption at the Animal Rescue League of Boston. The truth is, though I said yes, I really had no clear understanding what ringworm was. So, I decided to do as much research as I could and I found out a lot of very interesting things. The first thing I learned is that ringworm, or Dermtophytosis, isn’t a worm at all—it is a fungal infection…
