An Ectopic Case of Psoroptes cuniculi Infestation in a Pet Rabbit

Authors

ABUZER ACAR
ARİF KURTDEDE
KEREM URAL
CENKER ÇAĞRI CINGI
MEHMET ÇAĞRI KARAKURUM
BUĞRAHAN BEKİR YAĞCI
BARIŞ SARI

DOI

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Abstract

A 2-year-old female New Zealand rabbit was admitted to Ankara University Veterinary Faculty, Department of Internal Medicine. Upon physical examination crustaceous auricular lesions, and erythematous and exudative pruritic skin lesions, both on the ventral abdomen and on extremities were detected. Microscopic examination of skin scrapings taken from pinnae and hair plucked from the ventral abdominal region revealed the presence of Psoroptes cuniculi. The ventral abdominal localization of P. cuniculi was evaluated as an ectopic infestation. Despite the injection of ivermectin 400 µg/kg and daily supportive therapy the rabbit died on the fifth day of hospitalization.

Keywords

Ectopic localization, Psoroptes cuniculi, rabbit

First Page

423

Last Page

425

Recommended Citation

ACAR, ABUZER; KURTDEDE, ARİF; URAL, KEREM; CINGI, CENKER ÇAĞRI; KARAKURUM, MEHMET ÇAĞRI; YAĞCI, BUĞRAHAN BEKİR; and SARI, BARIŞ (2007) "An Ectopic Case of Psoroptes cuniculi Infestation in a Pet Rabbit," Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences: Vol. 31: No. 6, Article 11. Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/veterinary/vol31/iss6/11