Editor, I read the recent publication on eat mite infestation from Thailand with a great interest (Maazi et al. 2010). Indeed, this is an important public health problem that can be easily forgotten. Otodectes can infect to the dog’s owner and this can be a forgotten zoonosis (Van de Heyning and Thienpont 1977, Ugbomoiko et al. 2008). Based on this report, the source of infection is believed to...

background:   the objective was to determine the prevalence of ectoparasite infestations in referred companion dogs to veterinary hospital of shahid chamran university of ahvaz, from 2009 to 2010 . methods: a total of 126 dogs were sampled for ectoparasites and examined by parasitological methods. the studied animals were grouped based on the age (<1 year, 1–3 years and >3 years), sex, breed an...

Treatments of ecto- and endoparasitic infestations cats adopt drugs based on imidacloprid moxidectin. Therefore, the objective our study was comparing spot-on applied complex drugs, which have different action mechanisms their active agents, during cats. We provide data effectiveness antiparasitic drug Megastop Ultra for Cats, in comparison to Advocate Cats drug, used treatment prophylaxis bree...

Two dogs were referred to the clinic with the history of severe itching around the ears since 20 days. Clinical examination revealed intense pruritus around the ears, head shaking alopecia and coffee coloured cerumen. Haematology results were within normal range except eosinophilia. Examination of the dark coloured cerumen revealed the existed Otodectes mites. Hence, dogs were treated with oral...