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- Title
Pig mange in Ossha Umuahia Southern Nigeiria – A case report.
- Authors
Adenaike, E. A.; Onyegbula, O.
- Abstract
There was complaint about some pigs kept under intensive system of management that were restless and sometimes rolling on the floor of the pig pen at Osha, Umuahia Southern Nigeria. On visitation to the farm, clinical examinations showed signs of pruritis generally, with scales all over the body of the mature ones and the pigs generally looked dirty, having alopecia in some parts of the bodies. Mange were suspected. The temperatures were normal. The skin scrapings of the pigs were taken to the laboratory and examined under the microscope and mites were seen. The pigs (adults, neonates and growing pigs) were treated with ivermectin at 0.2mg/Kg. All the pigs and the wall of the building were washed with Amitraz® spray. Bedding materials were changed. The injection was repeated after 14 days to take care of eggs which would hatched within the period but would not be mature to lay their own eggs. The client was advised that before newly acquired pigs are moved into the pen, they should be quarantined and also that they should practice routine treatment for mites in the pigs. Boars should be treated every 3–6 months during breeding and sows should be treated before farrowing to prevent transmission of mites. If mange occurs among breeding or growing pigs, the whole herd should be treated and that the treated and treatment should be the repeated after 14 days.
- Subjects
ABIA State (Nigeria); SWINE; BALDNESS; MITES; MICROSCOPY
- Publication
Journal of Sustainable Veterinary & Allied Sciences, 2023, Vol 4, Issue 2, p155
- ISSN
2811-1346
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.54328/covm.josvas.2022.114