The study of dermatophytes and saprophytes isolated from stray cats in Jeli, Kelantan

Feline or cat is a small mammalian and carnivore. Human valued cat by adopting them as pet and discard them at public places when they are not needed. Stray cats are the animals that independently survive where they find food and shelter by their own. They are free living animal that expose to spore and has high risk of transmission of disease especially fungus. The purpose of this research is to isolate and identify the fungus on stray cat haircoat and to observe the morphological characteristics of the fungi. Swab of cat’s hair coat was used as specimen collection and isolated to Sabouraud Dextrose (SDA) agar with addition of chloramphenicol. SDA agar used in the research and emphasize more to its morphological characteristics and microscopic identification. Results from this research are Dermatophytes (P=0.8311) and Saprophytes (P=0.1034) were found as they are the causal of fungus diseases especially in cats by accepting the hypothesis.