How to Know if a Cat has Ringworm with Alex Moskaluk
- Author
- Office of the Vice President for Research
- Published
- Mon 09 Mar 2020
- Episode Link
- https://the-state-of-research.simplecast.com/episodes/how-to-know-if-a-cat-has-ringworm-with-alex-moskaluk-s937e77T
When a cat comes into a shelter, it's difficult to tell if it has ringworm or not. This is problematic because ringworm, a fungal disease that breaks down proteins of its host, can spread between cats and humans that are in contact with each other. Alex Moskaluk, a post-doc student in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology at Colorado State University, is studying this fungus to create a method to better identify it on felines and better treat this disease.
