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Title	Mange mite infestation of Rabbit in Meghalaya

Creator	Rajkhowa, C Bandyopadhyay, S Goswami, S.N

Subject	Mange, mite, Meghalaya, Sarcoptes, Psoroptes,

Description	Not Available Ear cankar and skin lesion caused by Psoroptes cuniculi and Sarcoptes scabiei respectively, were identified from rabbit farm in Meghalaya. There was single infestation of Psoroptes cuniculi and Sarcoptes scabiei but mixed infestation bf both the species was also detected. P. cuniculi infestation ranged from 2.47% in June to 8.00% in January. S. scabiei infestation ranged from 3.24% in May to 8.14% in October, while mixed infestation ranged from 1.08% in April to 3.90% in December. A temperature range of 13.94o-+01: 5.04°C to 24.58°-+3.14°C was the most vulnerable range for higher incidence. Animals below 3 months of age were not found infested. In P. cuniculi apart from crust fonnation, yellowish brown exudate rich, in mite content was found oozing out. In P. cuniculi infestation clinical sign of torticollis. was noticed in a few cases. Not Available

Date	2023-05-02T04:56:50Z 2023-05-02T04:56:50Z 1997-01-01

Type	Research Paper

Identifier	Not Available http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/76913

Language	English

Relation	Not Available;

Publisher	ICAR

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