INTAS POLIVET
Open Access
  • Year: 2021
  • Volume: 22
  • Issue: 2

Aural Hematoma due to Sarcoptes sp. Infestation in a Domestic Rabbit

  • Author:
  • M. Sandhya Bhavani1,*, M. Palanivelrajan2, B. Dhivya3
  • Total Page Count: 2
  • Page Number: 178 to 179

1Assistant Professor, Department of Clinics, Madras Veterinary College, Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (TANUVAS), Chennai - 600007 (Tamil Nadu)

2Assistant Professor, Department of Wildlife Sciences, Madras Veterinary College, Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (TANUVAS), Chennai - 600007 (Tamil Nadu)

3Assistant Professor, Department of Veterinary Parasitology, Madras Veterinary College, Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (TANUVAS), Chennai - 600007 (Tamil Nadu)

*Corresponding author, E-mail: sanjuri02@gmail.com

Online Published on 16 September, 2024.

Abstract

Aural hematoma occurs as a result of physical injury or trauma of the pinna. This report briefs a case of aural hematoma in a domestic rabbit due to Sarcoptes sp. A male domestic rabbit was brought with history of intense pruritis and swollen left ear since past week. Physical examination revealed warm to touch, soft fluctuating swelling of the left ear pinna with crusty ear margins. Skin scraping of ear margin revealed Sarcoptes sp. The rabbit was treated with injectable macrocyclic lactones viz. Ivermectin and surgery was performed for hematoma. The animal showed clinical and parasitological recovery.

Keywords

Ear, Hematoma, Ivermectin, Rabbit, Surgery