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1 March 2018 RETROSPECTIVE EVALUATION OF A NOVEL SUSTAINED-RELEASE IVERMECTIN VARNISH FOR TREATMENT OF WOUND MYIASIS IN ZOO-HOUSED ANIMALS
Nili Avni-Magen, David Eshar, Michael Friedman, David Kirmayer, Lital Letschert, Irith Gati, Elizabeth Kaufman, Avital Paz, Eran Lavy
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Abstract

Myiasis is a major disease condition in human and veterinary medicine. Domestic, free-ranging, and zoo-housed animals can be severely affected by myiasis. Depending on case severity, multiple treatment episodes may be indicated and can lead to recurrent capturing, handling stress, and anesthetics, all of which increase the risk of adverse responses (including death) individually and also in the herd. As an insecticide, ivermectin is often used for larval control. A total of 28 individual myiasis cases were retrospectively evaluated, out of which 11 cases were also treated using an ivermectin sustained-release varnish (SRV). The clinical outcome of all cases was assessed and the results suggest that the use of a topical ivermectin SRV (with or without concurrent injectable ivermectin) can reduce handling and treatments, has no adverse effects, and has minimal recurrence of the disease when compared with cases treated without it.

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Nili Avni-Magen, David Eshar, Michael Friedman, David Kirmayer, Lital Letschert, Irith Gati, Elizabeth Kaufman, Avital Paz, and Eran Lavy "RETROSPECTIVE EVALUATION OF A NOVEL SUSTAINED-RELEASE IVERMECTIN VARNISH FOR TREATMENT OF WOUND MYIASIS IN ZOO-HOUSED ANIMALS," Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 49(1), 201-205, (1 March 2018). https://doi.org/10.1638/2016-0299R2.1
Accepted: 1 December 2017; Published: 1 March 2018
KEYWORDS
Ivermectin
sustained-release varnish
treatment
wound myiasis
zoo animals
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