Anyone know about fungus contamination of soil?

Question

I'm not sure but have a hunch that my mom's soil has some kind of fungus or something in it. Every year her yearling colts get almost like a rain rot type fungus (where the skin scabs off and they lose the hair there) we treat it with idodine and fungus cream. Then it never comes back. Her dog had some fungus infection as a puppy, and mine stayed over a few weeks in her yard and their bellys turned from white to black! It was weird... after they came home the color slowly went back to normal. My rottweiler's skin got really flakey while there too... back to normal when they came home. Now she has a new bulldog and a litter of puppies and they are getting some kind of fungal infection on their feet. It just seems to coincidental to me. It clears up, but I was just wondering if anyone else had heard of a soil contamination of fungus and what kind it might be?

Answer 1

I'd contact my agricultural extension agent in my county. They are usually associated with a state agricultural college.

For example, in my state (NJ) they are associated with Rutgers University's Cook College.

For example, I did a search on 'agricultural agent colorado' and came up with this. Just replace colorado with your own state (and county) and you might get lucky.