INTAS POLIVET
Open Access
  • Year: 2015
  • Volume: 16
  • Issue: 2

Dermatophilus congolensis and its Management in a Cow

  • Author:
  • S. Bhaskara Rama Raju Sagi1,, Sridhar Remala2
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Page Number: 313 to 315

1Veterinary Assistant surgeon, Disease Diagnostic Laboratory State Institute of Animal Health, Department of Animal Husbandry, Tanuku-534211, Andhra Pradesh

2Veterinary Assistant surgeon, Disease Diagnostic Laboratory State Institute of Animal Health, Department of Animal Husbandry, Tanuku-534211, Andhra Pradesh

Disease Diagnostic Laboratory State Institute of Animal Health, Department of Animal Husbandry, Tanuku-534211, Andhra Pradesh

*Corresponding author. E-mail: raju.ssbr@gmail.com

Online published on 2 April, 2016.

Abstract

A debilitated dairy cow was presented with signs of chronic dermatitis having dense scabs on skin. Biological material were collected from skin subjected to cultural examination and diagnosed as dermatophilosis. The curative treatment regimen was undertaken with long acting Oxytetracycline along with palliative treatment. Animal recovered successfully after three weeks of treatment.

Keywords

Cow, dermatophilosis, cultural examination