Vol. 10, Special Issue 12 (2021)

Author(s):
Sai Navya V, Sravanthi A and Thangamani A

Abstract:
The present study was conducted to evaluate the cause of dermatitis in farm raised rabbits (n=23) in an organized farm at Andhra Pradesh and revealed mange was the cause of dermatitis in 78.26 per cent of rabbits. Among the mange infected rabbits adult rabbits (66.67%) were heavily infested as compared to the grower (27.78%) whereas, suckling had very low incidence (5.55%) of infestation of mange. Sex wise incidence of mange revealed males (55.56%) were affected more than the counter sex (44.44%). All the infested rabbits were responded to the following three weeks of Ivermectin (400 µg/kg b.wt) therapy.