Ivermectin in equine lichen tropicus

Raisinghani, P.M.; Kumar, D.; Raisinghani, P.M; Kumar, D

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Ivermectin in equine lichen tropicus

Raisinghani, P.M.; Kumar, D.

Veterinary Record 123(22): 583

1988

ISSN/ISBN: 0042-4900

PMID: 3212911

Document Number: 308361

Seven horses with typical lesions of lichen tropicus, a chronic skin disease thought to be a microfilarial infection (possibly Onchocerca species), were injected s.c. with a 1% ivermectin solution at 200 micro g/kg body weight. The itching stopped within two days and the papules became progressively flatter and disappeared within a week. The skin apppeared normal after 10-12 days.