This module includes the following topics:

• Classification of fungi of veterinary importance and different ways in which fungi are classified
• Safety precautions during plating and identification of fungi
• Sampling methods and handling of different specimen types in a laboratory
• The required media and growth conditions that are used to ensure optimum recovery of fungi from specimens
• Culture and identification of dermatophytes, hypomycetes, dematiaceous fungi, dimorphic fungi and yeasts
• Applications and limitations of the minimum inhibitory concentrations tests to determine antifungal sensitivity
• Interpretation of results

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The following topics in this module provide more information on applied veterinary bacteriology and mycology:

• Introduction
• Identification of anaerobic bacteria
• Identification of aerobic, facultative anaerobic and microaerophilic bacteria
• Identification of Mycoplasmas.