National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
Prevalence study was conducted during the period from July 201 to June 2015, on 391 clinical cases of dogs presented at Referral Veterinary Hospital F. V. Sc & A.H R. S. Pura Jammu. The overall prevalance of dermatitis was 24.55 per cent (96/391) The prevalence of parasitic dermatitis was found to be 35.41 per cent with maximum prevalence recorded in July (42.55 %). Dogs less than one year of age were found to be more susceptible to canine parasitic dermatitis. Erythema, scailing, crust formation, hyper- pigmentation, itching, and hair loss were the main clinical features of demodectic mange. While in sarcoptic mange intense pruritis was found along with erythema, rashes, excoriation, crust and hair loss. Lesion in parasitic dermatitis were mainly located at head and neck (36.21 %), thorax, abdomen and groin (24.23%), limbs and paws (17%) and on elbow (13.27%).
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