According to Quaife and Womar37 and Gambale et al.15, dogs and cats without clinical manifestations of the disease can carry dermatophytes in their coat. Mantovani29 showed that, in addition to dogs and cats, numerous other animals, including wild animals, can harbor dermatophytes and transmit the disease to man and other animals. Dermatophytes can be transmitted by direct contact with the infected host through fomites containing infected material, or by exposure to environments contaminated with spores from coats or from cells shed from the skin 30.