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Phoxim in the treatment of scabies in pigs

Published: 2024-11-22 Author: mysheen
Last Updated: 2024/11/22, Porcine scabies is a chronic parasitic disease caused by scabies mites, characterized by intense itching. Both large and small pigs can be infected, which seriously affects the growth and development of pigs and brings huge economic losses to the pig industry. The main results are as follows: 1. After the female scabies mites enter the skin, they lay eggs in the epidermis tunnel and hatch larvae, which are parasitic in the insect tracks of the epidermis and cause inflammatory rash itching caused by the saliva and metabolites of scabies wax. 2. Symptoms and diagnosis first occur in the extremities, ears and abdomen.

Porcine scabies is a chronic parasitic disease caused by scabies mites, characterized by intense itching. Both big and small pigs can be infected, which seriously affects the growth and development of pigs and brings huge economic losses to the industry.

1. The regularity of the disease

After entering the skin, the female scabies mites lay eggs in the epidermal tunnel and hatch the larvae, which are parasitic in the insect tracks of the epidermis and cause inflammatory rash itching caused by the stimulation of saliva and metabolites of scabies wax.

2. Symptoms and diagnosis

It begins at the ends of the limbs, ears and abdomen, and then extends to the whole body. Begin to find erythema, papules and intense itching. Pigs rub against the wall, then bleed, form scabs, and form crusts. Most of them are dry lesions, and sometimes there are allergic lesions, showing acute eczema.

A preliminary diagnosis can be made according to itching symptoms and skin lesions.

3. prevention and control measures

40% phoxim EC, diluted evenly with clear water (now used) according to 1% phoxim EC, choose cloudy or cloudy weather to spray the whole body of diseased pigs in order to see the sense of wet, circle height of 1 meter and the ground spray, in order to completely kill scabies mites and eggs. At the same time, prednisone 0.5 mg 2.0 mg / kg body weight or dexamethasone acetate 0.15 mg / kg body weight was subcutaneously injected, which had significant antipruritic effect and good anti-inflammatory effect. It is also necessary to add zinc to the diet to effectively prevent the occurrence of skin parasitic diseases.

 
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