Vol. 7, Issue 4 (2019)
Prevalence of chronic generalized demodicosis in dogs in and around Jabalpur
Author(s): Priya Maravi, Amita Tiwari, Brejesh Singh, Arun Mourya, DK Gupta, RPS Baghel and Anjali Singh
Abstract: Present study was undertaken to determine the occurrence of chronic generalized demodicosis in dogs in and around Jabalpur. A total of 341 dogs were screened for chronic generalized demodicosis at TVCC, College of Veterinary Science and A.H., Jabalpur from August 2017 to April 2018. All the dogs were thoroughly examined for the presence of any visible skin lesions and microscopically for the presence of Demodex canis mite. The overall occurrence of chronic generalized demodicosis in dogs was found to be 19.64%. The agewise occurrence was higher in dogs upto 2 years of age i.e. 23.7%. Among breeds German Shephard was more affected whereas sexwise occurrence was more in male dogs (22.74%).
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Priya Maravi, Amita Tiwari, Brejesh Singh, Arun Mourya, DK Gupta, RPS Baghel, Anjali Singh. Prevalence of chronic generalized demodicosis in dogs in and around Jabalpur. Int J Chem Stud 2019;7(4):3237-3239.
