R. S. F. Campbell

TL;DR: During a clinical study of equine phycomycosis in tropical northern Australia 3 specific forms of phyCOMYcosis were identified, with significant differences between the 3 fungal diseases in site of infection and appearance and size of the lesion were observed.

TL;DR: There was minor variations with breed, age and sex susceptibility between each disease group, and most lesions were found on the legs and head although other parts of the body were also affected.

TL;DR: Many horses showed evidence of past contact with H. destruens and had acquired resistance to infection, and immunological aspects of phycomycosis in clinically infected, recovered and normal in-contact horses were studied.

TL;DR: The incidence of phycomycosis in north Queensland was high in comparison to more temperate areas and appeared to be related to the wetter seasons.

TL;DR: Postmortem and histopathological lesions were observed in most of the tissues and organs of the body and a vasculitis with adventitial mononuclear cell infiltration and lymphoreticular reactions suggested a relationship to malignant catarrhal fever.