How to prevent and cure scabies acariasis in rabbits caused by scabies

Rabbit acariasis, also known as rabbit scabies, is a common and frequent parasitic disease in rabbits. The pathogens are scabies mite and itch mite. It takes only 7-15 days for mites to develop from eggs to insects, and the life span of adults is about 4-6 weeks. It is distributed throughout the year and occurs frequently in autumn, winter and early spring. Scabies is characterized by severe itching, weight loss, skin scabs and depilation in rabbits.

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1. Epidemic characteristics: scabies mites can also be infected through direct contact between diseased rabbits and healthy rabbits, indirect contact with rabbit cages and utensils. Scabies mite disease is highly invasive, a small number of rabbits after the disease, if not timely prevention and treatment, will quickly infect rabbits.

2. Symptoms: mites are parasitic in the dermis of the less hairy parts of the skin, such as the head, ears, feet, mouth, nose and eyes. The rabbit itches unbearably, until the itching is rubbed on the sharp edge of the rabbit cage, and the toes scratch and gnaw, resulting in skin damage and secondary inflammation. Form blisters and ulcers. The ulcer surface exudates fluid mixed with blood, and after drying up, it forms a hard scab, making the affected skin thicker and cracked. With the development of the disease, the hair of the focus fell off and formed a very thick crusting surface. When the scab is serious, the affected rabbit's lips become thicker and stiff, blocking the nostrils, affecting feeding and breathing. The affected rabbit can not be quiet because of itching, gradually lose weight, become weak, and finally die.

3. Prevention and control measures:

Prevention: ① does a good job in rabbit house hygiene. Keep rabbit houses, cages and utensils clean, dry and ventilated, and the density of rabbits should not be too high.

② regularly disinfects rabbit houses, cages and utensils, and the bottom of the cage is soaked and washed with 2% trichlorfon aqueous solution, washed and dried, and sterilized with flame spray. At the same time, to rabbit houses, cages, choose acaricides, comprehensive disinfection.

③ inspects the rabbits regularly. Once the disease is found, it should be isolated, disinfected and treated in time to minimize the scope of transmission.

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Full price of ④ feed. Supplement vitamins to improve the resistance of rabbits.

⑤ regularly carries out drug prophylaxis on rabbits. That is, healthy rabbits are dipped in feet and ears with 1-2% trichlorfon solution every half a year, and newly purchased rabbits need to clean their claws and ears.

The breeding rabbits introduced by ⑥ must be strictly quarantined, isolated and observed to confirm that there is no disease and remix.

⑦ prevented the complication of rabbit mite. Regular injection of triple vaccine for epidemic prevention, and rabbits with disease were treated with antibiotics.

Treatment: in the treatment, the coat around the affected part of the rabbit should be cut off first, and the crusts should be softened with warm water, then scraped off carefully, and then smeared to improve the curative effect.

① found sick rabbits and treated them in isolation. The cage utensils were sprayed with 1-2% trichlorfon solution and strictly disinfected.

② uses Chongkexing lotion to smear the ear canal twice a day for 3 days, the effect is obvious, according to the law of mite development, every other week, another treatment.

③ fly poison is an effective drug for the treatment of scabies in rabbits. The brush was dipped in the solution of fly phosphos (16% phosphos EC diluted 70 times with water) and daubed on the affected area twice a day, once every 7 days.

④ was treated with ivermectin and avermectin. Use the dose or interval according to the instructions.