Therapeutic efficacy testing of two topical products used in dry demodicosis lesions in dogs from Mehedinti County

Abstract

Canine demodicosis is a serious dermatitis, difficult to treat, often recurrent, and the biology and pathogenesis of the aetiological agent prevent the action of drugs on skin. The aim of the study was to evaluate the therapeutic efficacy in dry canine demodicosis of two products: Ointment Canider (containing formamidine) and Demosymcan - gel whose components are natural and fixed in fast absorbing gels. The results obtained were statistically interpreted from the clinical and parasitological healing point of view (erythema, alopecia, squamae, hyperseboree, microscopic examination of the cutaneous scraping) and were calculated: scores averages, medians, standard deviations, minimum and maximum values. The clinical signs remission and negative microscopic examination of skin scraping from lesions were reported at 9 and 15 weeks in group I treated with the product based on honey, propolis, apple vinegar and extracts plant and 12 and 16 weeks, respectively, in lot II, where the product was based on amitraz and neomycin. Exacerbation of clinical signs and presence of mite in microscopic slides were revealed in the control group, to which a gel containing no ingredient was applied.