Use of Fipronil Topical Spot-On for Treating Notoedres Mange in Cats
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https://doi.org/10.48165/ijvsbt.22.5.37Keywords:
cats, fipronil, notoedres, zoonoticAbstract
Notoedric mange in cats is a highly contagious dermatological disease caused by the obligate sarcoptic mite Notoedres cati in felids, which can also infect more than 18 mammalian host species (Foley et al., 2016). It is transmitted primarily through direct contact and, more rarely, indirectly from a contaminated environment (Deplazes et al., 2016). Humans who come into close contact with an infected cat may also develop itching and papular lesions (Sivajothi et al., 2015; Sinha et al., 2023).
Therapeutic regimens usually include ivermectin administered in the field at a dose rate of 0.2 mg/kg body weight subcutaneously at weekly intervals, or the relatively costly and sometimes less available selamectin applied as a spot-on at a dose rate of 4 mg/kg body weight at weekly or fortnightly intervals for one month (Senthilkumar et al., 2008). Hence, this study was intended to assess the effectiveness of easily available, safe, and cost-effective Fipronil spot-on for underweight kittens suffering from feline scabies, for which injectable treatments were not feasible
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