INTAS POLIVET
Open Access
  • Year: 2013
  • Volume: 14
  • Issue: 2

Therapeutic Management of Scabies in a Horse

  • Author:
  • Sujata Turkar, S. S. Randhawa, Harkirat Singh1
  • Total Page Count: 2
  • Page Number: 295 to 296

1Department of Veterinary Parasitology

Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Science, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana -141004 (Punjab)

*Corresponding author E-mail: sujataturkar@gmail.com

Online published on 31 March, 2014.

Abstract

A eight year old horse with history of intense itching, head shaking and lesions on head, nostril and around eyes was diagnosed as sarcoptic mange based on skin scraping examination. The horse was successfully treated with Ivermectin, antibiotics and topical Cetrimide.

Keywords

Horse, mange, sarcoptic