Field Study on Farm Workers Occupational Health Hazards Associated with Camels Zoonotic Dermatophytosis, with Reference to Fungal Etiology, and Morbidity Rates, Taif, KSA

This investigation was conducted on (15 camel farms, 1187 camels and 45 farm workers) at Taif area, KSA. The farm workers were (42.2, 31.1 and 26.7%) with nationality (Somalis, Sudanese and others). Camels were infected by superficial skin mycosis as 19.2%, also farm workers were infected as 24.4% by zoonotic superficial skin mycosis. Eleven farm workers infected had given 37 specimens from their lesions area, which resulted in (29.7, 18.9, 18.9, 16.2 and 16.2%) respectively from sites of (upper limbs, lower limbs, body, heads and faces) of them. The results of dermatophytes isolation and identification were (34.4, 26.6, 17.2, 12.5 and 9.4%) respectively from upper limbs included (Tinea unguium and Tinea manuum), lower limbs (Tinea unguium, Tinea pedis, Trichophyton verrucosum and Trichophyton rubrum), body (Tinea corporis, Tinea cruris, Trichophyton verrucosum and Trichophyton rubrum), faces (Tinea barbae and Tinea faciei) and heads (Tinea capitis). Tinea species were higher than Trichophyton species with values of (92.2 and 7.8%) respectively. The results of Tinea species were (28.1, 17.2, 10.9, 10.9, 9.4, 7.8, 4.7 and 3.1%) for (Tinea unguium, Tinea manuum, Tinea pedis, Tinea corporis, Tinea capitis, Tinea barbae, and Tinea cruris) respectively, while Trichophyton species were (4.7 and 3.1%) for (Trichophyton verrucosum and Trichophyton rubrum) respectively. The conclusion intend to recommend many improvements from veterinary medicine site which in-need for farm workers in the protection of them against an occupational diseases for farm field.