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Successful Therapeutic Management of Knemidocoptiasis in a Budgerigar (Melopsittacus Undulatus) – A Case Report

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Title Successful Therapeutic Management of Knemidocoptiasis in a Budgerigar (Melopsittacus Undulatus) – A Case Report
 
Creator E, Tamileniyan
M, Jeevitha
A, Latchumikanthan
M, Veeraselvam
R, Velusamy
M, Saravanan
 
Subject Budgerigar
Melopsittacus undulatus
Knemidocoptes sp.
Ivermectin
benzyl benzoate
 
Description A blue coloured male Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) was presented to the Veterinary Clinical Complex, VCRI, Orathanadu, TANUVAS with the history of pruritus, feather loss, yellowish lesion on the face, legs and feet with decreased appetite for the past one week. On clinical examination bird appeared dull, depressed and scaly lesions in face and legs. Parasitological examination revealed the presence of adult Knemidocoptes sp., The bird was treated with oral Ivermectin @ 200μg/kg body weight, benzyl benzoate topical application with the multivitamin supplementation. The bird was uneventfully recovered after two weeks of treatment.
 
Publisher Indian Society for Veterinary Medicine
 
Date 2024-02-22
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IJVM/article/view/147789
10.56093/IJVM.v43i2.147789
 
Source Indian Journal of Veterinary Medicine; Vol. 43 No. 2 (2023)
0970-051X
 
Language eng
 
Relation https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IJVM/article/view/147789/53960
 
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