Veterinary Archives, Vol. 75 No. 4, 2005.
Original scientific paper
A retrospective evaluation of efficiency in therapy for generalized canine demodicosis
Tatjana Živičnjak
; Department for Parasitology and Parasitic Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb
Abstract
During the period 1993-2003, generalized demodicosis was diagnosed in 517 dogs. Two hundred and sixty-five (51.2%) dogs were cured with amitraz 0.025% solution, 199 (38.5%) were cured after amitraz 0.05% solution was introduced, and in 53 dogs (10.3%) mites were amitraz resistant. Among amitraz-resistent dogs, 48 were introduced to 600 μg kg-1 oral ivermectin protocol, and 45 (89.6%) of this number were successfully cured. Outcome data were lacking or were insufficient for 5 (10.4%) dogs. No ivermectin resistance was recorded. According to the data of our retrospective therapy evaluation, we anticipate an increase in cases of amitraz-resistant generalized canine demodicosis.
Keywords
dog; demodicosis; amitraz; ivermectin
Hrčak ID:
31906
URI
Publication date:
19.8.2005.
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