JP Chaudhary* and Neha Rao

Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Kamdhenu University, Gujarat, India

*Corresponding Author: JP Chaudhary, Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Kamdhenu University, Gujarat, India.

Received: September 12, 2023; Published: October 04, 2023

Abstract

A 10-month-old caged budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) was presented with a history of feeding difficulties, scaly, crusted and thickened areas around the face, beak and on the legs and unable to walk. On clinical examination, bird showed deformities of the beak, was anorexic and had white crusty lesions on the legs and surface of the toes (tassel foot). The diagnosis was done on the basis of typical clinical findings of white crusty lesions that revealed Knemidokoptes (burrowing mites) mites. Bird was treated with Ivermectin @0.4 mg/kg, per os, once a week for four weeks and to hasten the epithelial recovery Vitamin A, D3, E @0.3 ml/300 gm was given intramuscularly once a week for four weeks. From the third week of treatment, lesions had started diminishing and the bird showed good clinical recovery after continuous treatment for one month.

Keywords: Therapeutic; Burrowing; Mite; Budgerigar

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Citation

Citation: JP Chaudhary and Neha Rao. “Therapeutic Management of Burrowing Mite in Budgerigar".Acta Scientific Veterinary Sciences 5.11 (2023): 02-03.

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