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Moxidectin Efficacy in a Goat Herd with Chronic and Generalized Sarcoptic Mange
A case of sarcoptic mange affecting almost all the animals of a dairy goat herd is described. This pruritic skin disease led progressively to high mortality and dramatic drop of milk yield. The lesions of the affected goats were typical of a chronic and generalized-diffuse sarcoptic mange. Diagnosis...
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SAGE-Hindawi Access to Research
2011
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3135081/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21776348 http://dx.doi.org/10.4061/2011/476348 |
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author | Giadinis, Nektarios D. Farmaki, Rania Papaioannou, Nikolaos Papadopoulos, Elias Karatzias, Harilaos Koutinas, Alexander F. |
author_facet | Giadinis, Nektarios D. Farmaki, Rania Papaioannou, Nikolaos Papadopoulos, Elias Karatzias, Harilaos Koutinas, Alexander F. |
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description | A case of sarcoptic mange affecting almost all the animals of a dairy goat herd is described. This pruritic skin disease led progressively to high mortality and dramatic drop of milk yield. The lesions of the affected goats were typical of a chronic and generalized-diffuse sarcoptic mange. Diagnosis was confirmed by skin scrapings and histopathology in which many mites were demonstrated. All surviving goats were treated with injectable moxidectin solution 1% (CYDECTIN-Fort Dodge) at the dose of 0.2 mg/kg, applied every 15 days for four times, subcutaneously. Although pruritus had decreased soon after the first treatment, a satisfactory healing of cutaneous lesions was witnessed 6 weeks after the beginning of moxidectin trial. Parasitological cure was achieved in all affected animals by the end of the trial. In the four monthly followups, no evidence of sarcoptic mange could be found. |
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spelling | pubmed-31350812011-07-20 Moxidectin Efficacy in a Goat Herd with Chronic and Generalized Sarcoptic Mange Giadinis, Nektarios D. Farmaki, Rania Papaioannou, Nikolaos Papadopoulos, Elias Karatzias, Harilaos Koutinas, Alexander F. Vet Med Int Case Report A case of sarcoptic mange affecting almost all the animals of a dairy goat herd is described. This pruritic skin disease led progressively to high mortality and dramatic drop of milk yield. The lesions of the affected goats were typical of a chronic and generalized-diffuse sarcoptic mange. Diagnosis was confirmed by skin scrapings and histopathology in which many mites were demonstrated. All surviving goats were treated with injectable moxidectin solution 1% (CYDECTIN-Fort Dodge) at the dose of 0.2 mg/kg, applied every 15 days for four times, subcutaneously. Although pruritus had decreased soon after the first treatment, a satisfactory healing of cutaneous lesions was witnessed 6 weeks after the beginning of moxidectin trial. Parasitological cure was achieved in all affected animals by the end of the trial. In the four monthly followups, no evidence of sarcoptic mange could be found. SAGE-Hindawi Access to Research 2011-05-19 /pmc/articles/PMC3135081/ /pubmed/21776348 http://dx.doi.org/10.4061/2011/476348 Text en Copyright © 2011 Nektarios D. Giadinis et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Giadinis, Nektarios D. Farmaki, Rania Papaioannou, Nikolaos Papadopoulos, Elias Karatzias, Harilaos Koutinas, Alexander F. Moxidectin Efficacy in a Goat Herd with Chronic and Generalized Sarcoptic Mange |
title | Moxidectin Efficacy in a Goat Herd with Chronic and Generalized Sarcoptic Mange |
title_full | Moxidectin Efficacy in a Goat Herd with Chronic and Generalized Sarcoptic Mange |
title_fullStr | Moxidectin Efficacy in a Goat Herd with Chronic and Generalized Sarcoptic Mange |
title_full_unstemmed | Moxidectin Efficacy in a Goat Herd with Chronic and Generalized Sarcoptic Mange |
title_short | Moxidectin Efficacy in a Goat Herd with Chronic and Generalized Sarcoptic Mange |
title_sort | moxidectin efficacy in a goat herd with chronic and generalized sarcoptic mange |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3135081/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21776348 http://dx.doi.org/10.4061/2011/476348 |
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