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Severe sarcoptic mange and cheyletiellosis in a New Zealland rabbit and its treatment with high dosage of ıvermectin
(Uludağ Üniversitesi, 2013-04-10) Kaya, Güney; Coşkunserçe, Gözde; Akdeşir, Ezgi; Coşkun, Şevki Z.; Uludağ Üniversitesi/Veteriner Fakültesi.
Severe sarcoptic mange and cheyletiellosis in a male New Zealland rabbit at 4 months of age are reported. Infection is characteristic with a mass resembling to the horn of a rhinoceros on the muzzle, crustling on pinnae and paws, gryposis, alopecia on abdomen. Sarcoptes scabiei and Cheyletiella parasitivorax were identified in skin scrapings. Ivermectin (İverkol ® Etkin) at the dose of 1.2mg kg-1 bw was injected subcutanously. The mass on the muzzle fell off on the 2nd day of treatment. The mite burden of the mass was found to be 657 S. scabiei and 2 C. parasitivorax in a volume of 5mm3 respectively. Since few live mites were observed in scapings, the treatment was repeated at the dose of 600µg kg-1 on the 7th day of treatment. There was not any live mite in the scapings on the 14th day post treatment. However, alopecia especially on the muzzle and gryposis were still persistent, and, a third application of the drug at the dose of 600µg kg-1 was performed. The rabbit was kept in a wire cage for 5 months and examined with 10 days of intervals. Any side effect of the drug was not observed. The rabbit clinically improved except alopecia on the muzzle