Sporotrichosis is a subcutaneous mycosis of zoonotic character, cosmopolitan development subacute or chronic whose agent the dimorphic fungus Sporothrix schenckii affecting man and various species of animals, especially the domestic cat, being considered of interest to Public Healt. Considering the difficulties in the therapeutic treatment of ringworm in this animal species, including toxicity and the development of resistance to antifungal agents traditionally used to treat disease the study aimed evaluate the immunogenic capacity of yeast cells of S. schenckii inactivated both in immunoprophylaxis and immunotherapy of sporotrichosis. We used 160 Wistar albin rats (Rattus norvegicus) at 70 days (80 in immunoprophylaxis and 80 in i...