Prevention and treatment

PREVENTION AND TREATMENT

Prevention

  • Aspergillosis can be prevented by
    • Reducing spore exposure to the animals
    • Removal of potential source of spore contamination
    • Maintain stress free environment
    • Prophylactic use of 5-fluorocytosine inhibits inhaled spore germination.

Vaccines

  • Several types of vaccines are used involving different parts of the fungal elements. i.e. whole cell filterate, spores, mycelial fragments, germinating cells and they are inactivated with the use of heat, phenol, formalin etc. some vaccines of live cell origin are also available.

Treatment

  • Amphotericin-B, 5-fluorocytosine :- fungistaic, administerd orally, it will inhibit spore germination.
  • Ketoconazole effective against cutaneous and gastro intestinal aspergillosis.
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