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Tag: Sarcoptes scabei

  • Don’t forget Sarcoptes scabei in your differential diagnosis

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    I’ve come across a couple of cases of Sarcoptes this winter. Both cases were young dogs with intense pruritus – one on his face and the other around the triceps region. Although both owners were rather sceptical, both dogs responded very rapidly to therapy with imidacloprid/moxidectin (Advocate, Bayer). In our neck of the woods, I tend to try…

  • Sarcoptes ELISA

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    Have you ever had an atopic dog that’s really well managed but suddenly flares, becomes very pruritic and seems to stop responding to therapy? I had one such case just a couple of months ago. Skin scrapes did not reveal the presence of any ectoparasites and cytology was pretty unexciting (a bit of bacterial colonisation…