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The studies were carried out on 71 long-hair cats (mostly Persians), nine short-hair cats (mixed breeds) and 21 dogs of different breeds suspected of ringworm. The samples of epidermis and hair from long-hair cats enabled the isolation of fungi from 80.3 per cent of the animals. Usually M. canis was found (95 per cent) while only sporadically Trichophyton mentagrophytes and Scopulariopsis sp. Out of 13 samples taken from ears, in 6 cases M. canis was isolated, and M. canis together with Malassezia pa- chydermatis in 4 cases. Out of 4 samples from paws M. canis was isolated in 3 cases. In the group of short-hair cats M. canis was noted in 22 per cent of the animals and also in 42.9 per cent of the dogs. Dermatophytosis was found mostly in cats aged 1-6 months (92.1 per cent) and dogs up to 2 years of age (71 per cent). Along with the increase in the age of the animals, the rate of infection decreased. In addition, M. canis was also isolated from 7 owners of cats and owners’ families in which local lesions on the skin were observed.