Treatment and control of sarcoptic mange: evaluation of treatment of both the pigs and environment.
Pigs in a herd infected with Sarcoptes scabiei var suis were treated with 20% phosmet at a dose rate of 20 mg/kg body weight. In one of the groups the environment was also treated using 2% trichlorphon. Post-treatment clinical examination and parasitological evaluation of skin scrapings revealed complete recovery by the end of the second month after initial treatment with no evidence of reinfection for a period of five months.
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Department of Veterinary Medicine and Public Health, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania.
D000287:Administration, Topical; D000818:Animals; D006799:Housing, Animal; D010706:Phosmet / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012520:Sarcoptes scabiei / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012532:Scabies / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000662:veterinary*; D012867:Skin / Q000469:parasitology; D013552:Swine; D013553:Swine Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000517:prevention & control; D014236:Trichlorfon
D014236:Trichlorfon; D010706:Phosmet