Studies on epidemiological aspects of mange in dogs in Patna Kumar Pankaj1, Samantaray S.1*, Mandal K.G.2, Sahay M.N.1 1Department of Parasitology, Bihar Veterinary College, Patna-800 014, India 2Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Patna-800 014, India *Corresponding author. E-mail: samantaray@vsnl.net
Abstract The incidence of mange among various breeds of dogs in and around Patna, Bihar was studied. The overall incidence of mange was 3.78% out of which the incidence of sarcoptic and demodectic mange was 2.36 and 1.34%, respectively. The incidence was highest during the month of October (6.82%) and lowest in May (2.13%). The difference in seasonal incidence of sarcoptic as well as demodectic mange was significant (P<0.01). The incidence of demodectic mange was highest (17.24%) during autumn and lowest (7.95%) during spring. Sarcoptic mange was most common in dogs of 0–6 months of age (33.80%) but uncommon in dogs of 6–7 years age. The demodectic mange was more frequently seen in 1–2 years of age (27.45%) and lowest in older dogs of eight years and above (2%). Sex wise incidence of both sarcoptic as well as demodectic mange was more in males (24.76%) and 17.14%, respectively) than the females (18.26 and 6.13%, respectively). Mange was more common in medium haired dogs (43.26%) followed by long (27.93%) and short haired (2.93%) dogs. Among the breeds, the German Shepherd was most susceptible to sarcoptic (60.0%) as well as demodectic mange (32.35%), whereas Boxer was least susceptible to both sarcoptic (1.7%) and demodectic (5.56%) mange. Top Keywords Mange, Sarcoptic scabiei, Demodex canis, Incidence, Dog. Top |