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An Investigation into Remedies of Sarna (Sarcoptic Mange) of Alpacas in Peru

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2008

J. Alvarado ,
G. Astrom  and
G. B. S. Heath
J. Alvarado
Affiliation:
Veterinary Institute for Tropical and High Altitude Research‡Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru
G. Astrom
Affiliation:
Veterinary Institute for Tropical and High Altitude Research‡Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru
G. B. S. Heath
Affiliation:
Veterinary Institute for Tropical and High Altitude Research‡Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru
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Summary

At doses of 75 mg./kg. given per os, Neguvon was ineffective against Sarcoples scabiei var. Auchenidae. Benzene hexachloride (BHC) per os was ineffective at doses of 20 mg./kg. and killed alpacas when the dose was increased. Spraying the lesions with BHC killed the acari and lesions quickly disappeared. Psoroptes communis, the cause of otitis in alpacas, was equally susceptible to spraying. Lesions and their location are described and attention is drawn to the possible role of acari in nostrils and perinea in the epidemiology of the disease. Dipping is, at present, the only method of cure worth using, but the search for systemic acaricides should be continued.

Type
Research Article
Information
Experimental Agriculture , Volume 2 , Issue 4 , October 1966 , pp. 245 - 254
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1966

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