PREVALENCE AND CHEMO???) RAPY OF SARCOPTIC MANGE IN BUFFALOES

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Depc. of Livestock and Dairy Development Punjab, Pakistan.

2 Faculty of Veterinary Science. Univesity of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan.

Abstract

The prevalence and chemotherapy of sarcoptic mange in buffaloes was studied at Civil Veterinary Hospital, Faisalabad. Of 1377 buffalo accessions to Civil Veterinary Hospital over a period of one year (January 1996 to December 1996), sarcoptic mange was recorded in 96 6.96%) animals. The prevalence was significantly higher (83.3%) among the animals below the age of one year than in animals over sac year (16.6%) . Sex had no bearing on the prevalence of the disease. The winter season was mostly associated with the occurrence of the disease (16.38%) followed by spring (6.38%) autumn (5.78%) and summer (0.36%). A single subcutaneous injection of Ivermectin B1 Hospital, fvotek-Star laboratories) at the rate of 200 ug/kg affected a 100% clinical and parasitological cure within 20 days. 

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