Infections associated with horses

• Dermatophilosis: caused by Dermatophilus congolensis, which causes skin lesions on hands and foot
• Ringworm (dermatophytosis), particularly caused by Trichyphyton equinum and Trichyophyton mentagrophytes
• Non-typhoidal salmonellosis
• Campylobacteriosis
• Cryptosporidiosis
• Giardiasis
• Leptosporosis
• Cutaneous anthrax, caused by Bacillus anthracis
• Glanders, caused by Burkholderia mallei
• Vesicular stomatitis
• Brucellosis, particularly Brucella abortus
• Rhodococcus equi
• MRSA