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Therapeutic management of sarcoptic mange in a sheep flock

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Sarcoptic mange infested sheep showed pruritis, excoriation, crusts, lichenification and secondary alopecia on face and ears. All the infested sheep were treated successfully with Ivermectin at 200 μg/kg body weight and complete recovery of skin was observed between 10th and 14th day post treatments. Sarcoptic mange is highly contagious and the spread of Sarcoptes scabiei is usually by close contact but in goats not same because it has natural resistance against sheep mange.

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  1. Department of Parasitology, Veterinary College, Hebbal, Bangalore, India

    G. S. S. Murthy

  2. Department of AH&VS, Government of Karnataka, Voddaradoddi, Ramanagar taluk, India

    A. M. Nagesha

  3. Department of Physiology, Veterinary College, Hebbal, Bangalore, India

    K. Hemanna Gowda

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Murthy, G.S.S., Nagesha, A.M. & Hemanna Gowda, K. Therapeutic management of sarcoptic mange in a sheep flock. J Parasit Dis 37, 281–282 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12639-012-0157-5

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