EFFICACY OF TREATMENT OF BIRDS UNDER KNEMIDOCOPTOSIS
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https://doi.org/10.31548/ujvs2019.04.002Abstract
Abstract. Parasitizing scabies-knemidocopes causes not only anxiety and inflammation of the skin of birds, but also the possibility of infection with viral and bacterial pathogens. In addition, the effects of inflammatory processes in birds, including wavy parrots and canaries, can be varied from mild arousal to lesions of the skin, paws, beak and serious disturbances in their physiological condition. The article provides data of effective drugs and treatment for parrots and canaries against mites of genus Knemidocoptes in veterinary clinics in Kyiv and private nursery for exotic animals and birds in Kovalivka village. The treatment was aimed to the destruction of pathogens infected birds and also in environment, with use of acaricide drugs, as well as the prevention of bacterial infection. Extence efficacy and intense-efficacy (EE and IE) of the preparations were evaluated on 7th, 21th and 35th days after treatment, according to the cycle of development of knemidocoptes mites.
The most effective drugs in the scheme for birds with knemidocoptosis were Іversect 1 %, Radostin and Chlorhexidine. On 7 days after the treatment in parrots and canaries parameters of EE and IE were 100 % and last up to 35th day of study. The results obtained allow us to recommend this drugs scheme for treatment of birds under knemidocoptosis. Usage of drugs and their appropriate schemes such as (Aversectic ointment, Radostin and Chlorhexidine, externally) for infected birds with scabies mites of genus Knemidokoptes was also effective. At the same time, their therapeutic effect for birds was fixed only 21 days than usage of the first treatment scheme. After 21 days, intense-efficacy decreased to 50 % and on the 35th day was 25 %. The intensity of this treatment regimen was high and amounted to 99 and 99.6 % at 21th and 35th days, respectively. Usage of drugs with different schemes for parrots and canaries, no visible deviations of the physiological parameters in the behavior were detected. The bird consumed food and water habitually, responding to external impact.
Keywords: knemidocoptosis, derma, Iversect 1 %, Radostin, birds.
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