These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: Doramectin in the treatment of generalized demodicosis.
    Author: Cordero AM, Quek S, Mueller RS.
    Journal: Vet Dermatol; 2018 Apr; 29(2):104-e41. PubMed ID: 29285807.
    Abstract:
    BACKGROUND: Generalized demodicosis is a common disease in dogs and doramectin has been reported as a successful treatment. Different treatment protocols using doramectin have not been previously evaluated. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate whether oral administration of doramectin twice a week is more effective than administration by subcutaneous injection once a week. ANIMALS: Twenty nine privately owned dogs affected with generalized demodicosis. METHODS: Dogs randomly received one of two treatments. Sixteen dogs were treated with 600 μg/kg doramectin by subcutaneous injection once a week and 13 dogs received 600 μg/kg doramectin by oral administration twice a week. RESULTS: The mean age of affected dogs was 2.8 and 2.6 years (P = 0.587) and the mean mite number detected at the initial evaluation was 201 and 287 (P = 0.04), respectively, for each group. The mean time to achieve negative skin scrapings was 13 and 12 weeks, respectively (P = 0.955). Adult-onset demodicosis affected five of 16 and two of 13 dogs, respectively (P = 0.662). The success rate for treatment was 13 of 16 (81%) of dogs receiving subcutaneous injections once a week and 12 of 13 (92%) dogs receiving oral dosaging twice a week. (P = 0.691). Four dogs did not achieve disease remission. In the 12 month follow-up period, one dog that had received the once a week protocol relapsed after eight weeks of treatment withdrawal. Adverse effects were not observed in any dog. CONCLUSION: Based on the results of this study, oral administration of doramectin twice a week does not achieve a more rapid resolution of canine generalized demodicosis than administration by subcutaneous injection once a week. The treatment success rate was the same for both protocols.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]