Because of this finding, more researchers are aware of this disease and the fact that it does not just infect the brain, as previously thought, but also other organs and other parts of the nervous system. A Purdue University study in 2011 showed a Huacaya alpaca (Vicugna pacos) with the same fungus affected by cerebral phaeohyphomycosis. The eight-year-old animal was the first report of this disease in a camelid ruminant.Conclusively, phaeohyphomycosis is a highly prolific disease that is caused by multiple genera of fungi. The disease is transmissible through several mediums, including air, wind, and water. Both individual animals and whole populations can be affected by it. Although it does not seem to be an epidemic, it is nonetheless an area of concern and requires much more active research rather than simply reports of terminal or already-dead animals. See also
Skin lesion


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Idiopathic pulmonary haemosiderosis - a disease caused by lung capillary bleeding
Hemosiderosis - accumulation of hemosiderin in body
Superficial siderosis - accumulation of hemosiderin in brain
Iron deficiency - also known as sideropenia
Iron overload - accumulation of iron in body from any cause
African iron overload

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