Table 1.
Details of the animals included in the survey and of Malassezia species isolated
| M pachydermatis | M pachydermatis+lipid-dependent species | Lipid-dependent species | Negative | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a | b | c | d | e | ||||
| Clinical status | ||||||||
| Otitis | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 30 |
| Otitis and otodectic mange | 13 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 25 | 69 |
| Healthy | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 52 |
| Lifestyle | ||||||||
| Cattery | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 25 | 63 |
| Indoors | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 21 |
| Outdoors | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 25 |
| Indoors and outdoors | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 42 |
| Age | ||||||||
| ≤1 year | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 26 |
| 2–5 years | 15 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 39 | 71 |
| > 6 years | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 27 | 54 |
| Sex | ||||||||
| Male | 19 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 33 | 73 |
| Female | 14 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 43 | 78 |
| Total | 33 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 2 | 76 | 151 |
a, M pachydermatis+M furfur.
b, M pachydermatis+M globosa+M furfur.
c, M pachydermatis+M furfur+M sympodialis.
d, M pachydermatis+M globosa.
e, M globosa.