01580     2200229   4500001002100000005001500021035002000036007000300056008003900059082001500098084001500113100001600128245007300144250003100217260006200248300000600310650001500316700001400331700001700345520097300362990001501335INLIS00000000001892420250107022349  a0010-0924000003ta250107                |          | |    aARTVET0158  aARTVET01580 aJ. Manurung1 aEFIKASI IVERMECTIN UNTUK PENGOBATAN KUDIS PADA KERBAU /cJ. Manurung  aVol. XIXNo. 33, Semester I  aBalaiPenelitian Veteriner, Bogor :bPenyakit Hewan,c1987  a4 4aIVERMECTIN0 aBeriajaya0 aP. Stevenson  aNineteen buffaloes housed onthe institute estate were used. Eleven buffaloes had a natural infection with Sarcoptesscabiei (5 were
treated and6remained untreated) and 8buffaloeswere infested with Psoroptes(4 were treated and 4remained untreated). Treatmentwith Ivermectin (Ivomec, MSDAGVET, UK) was undertaken at a dose rate of 200 mcg/kg bodyweight. Treatment wascarried outtwicewith an interval of3weeks between treatments. Results of skin scrapings andclinical observation demonstrated that goodcontrolof Sarcoptes was achieved and treatment appeared to be associated with an increased in bodyweight. The treated animals increased in weight by an averageof 8.7% during the course ofthe experiment. In the untreatedanimalsbodyweight decreasedbyan average of 3.7%. Twoyoung buffaloesdied with asevere infection ofSarcoptes. Ofthebuffaloes infested with Psoropta threerespondedto treatmentbut onebuffalo
continued to harboured living mites throughout the experiment.  aARTVET0158