Current treatment recommendations for Sracoptic mange

RE: Current treatment recommendations for Sracoptic mange

Rob Loxley — Mon, 30 Jan 2017 13:53:29 GMT

[quote user="Kate Richardson"]people's opinion of the IgG test for Sarcoptes? Does a positive just indicate exposure? Does a high level suggest current infestation? Does a negative rule it out? [/quote]

My understanding was dogs take some time to seroconvert so you can get a false negative if test too soon

RE: Current treatment recommendations for Sracoptic mange

Anthony Todd — Fri, 27 Jan 2017 18:07:55 GMT

It's so obvious in appearance that I'm surprised anyone refers it, and now, apparently so easy to treat.

Love to see some photos of ones that aren't obvious [except, I suppose, very early ones?]

From memory the edges of the pinnae were always involved to some extent.

RE: Current treatment recommendations for Sracoptic mange

Anthony Dennison — Fri, 27 Jan 2017 17:25:33 GMT

[quote user="Kate Richardson"]As an aside, what is people's opinion of the IgG test for Sarcoptes[/quote]

One of our local referral dermatologists uses it fairly routinely in her pruritus work up if the obvious ones are ruled out.

RE: Current treatment recommendations for Sracoptic mange

Anthony Todd — Thu, 26 Jan 2017 20:46:31 GMT

Any chance of a photo?

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Anthony Todd — Thu, 26 Jan 2017 20:45:42 GMT

Any chance of a photo?

RE: Current treatment recommendations for Sracoptic mange

Anthony Todd — Thu, 26 Jan 2017 18:51:56 GMT

[quote user="Kate Richardson"]Will prob go with Bravecto and assess response.[/quote]

From what has been said on here so far it seems that Bravecto will give you the cure as well as the diagnosis quicker and more positively than anything else.

And be cheaper.

Sacroptes usually can be diagnosed on distribution and appearance alone.

Checking the owners family for lesions is often the clincher.

RE: Current treatment recommendations for Sracoptic mange

Kate Richardson — Thu, 26 Jan 2017 18:26:14 GMT

Thanks all. I was considering Bravecto so that will be my choice. Dog hasn't been definitively diagnosed with Sarcoptes (I have noticed my glaring typo in the post title!), has had skin scrapes and biopsies by colleague, both negative, but lesion distribution and level of pruritus fits with Sarcoptes, so wanted a trial treatment that was 'safe' and didn't want to go down Aludex or ivermectin route without a def diagnosis.

As an aside, what is people's opinion of the IgG test for Sarcoptes? Does a positive just indicate exposure? Does a high level suggest current infestation? Does a negative rule it out? Haven't had time to ring the lab today to discuss the test. Will prob go with Bravecto and assess response. Some improvement in itch level with pred/abs, but gut instinct says not an allergy.

RE: Current treatment recommendations for Sracoptic mange

David Mills — Thu, 26 Jan 2017 17:33:54 GMT

[quote user="Judith Archbold"]

[quote user="David Mills"]

Weekly injections of panomec for 6 weeks. Very cheap and effective.

[/quote]yes it may work ( I have used oral ivermectin at low doses for 6 weeks in the past in severe ongoing cases of demodex, under the advisement of a dermatologist) but surely not advisable nowadays as a first port of call ref: the cascade system.

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Yep, depends on your patients/clientele - we get ours to pay up front and that way we can keep an eye on things - ours aren't the most compliant, and its the most cost/clinically effective way we've found to deal with it.

RE: Current treatment recommendations for Sracoptic mange

niall morton — Thu, 26 Jan 2017 16:45:53 GMT

Couldn't agree more

RE: Current treatment recommendations for Sracoptic mange

Beats — Thu, 26 Jan 2017 16:33:53 GMT

[quote user="niall morton"]Bravecto works like a dream, its convenient and is easily the most cost effective way to treat even if you have to give a second tablet.[/quote]

This.

http://parasitesandvectors.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13071-016-1670-7

Bravecto has replaced skin scrapes for me.

RE: Current treatment recommendations for Sracoptic mange

niall morton — Thu, 26 Jan 2017 16:01:29 GMT

Bravecto works like a dream, its convenient and is easily the most cost effective way to treat even if you have to give a second tablet.

RE: Current treatment recommendations for Sracoptic mange

Judith Archbold — Thu, 26 Jan 2017 14:49:30 GMT

[quote user="David Mills"]

Weekly injections of panomec for 6 weeks. Very cheap and effective.

RE: Current treatment recommendations for Sracoptic mange

David Mills — Thu, 26 Jan 2017 14:29:07 GMT

Weekly injections of panomec for 6 weeks. Very cheap and effective.

RE: Current treatment recommendations for Sracoptic mange

Dinu Catilina — Thu, 26 Jan 2017 13:27:43 GMT

Aludex and if that fails or there is poor owner compliance: Dectomax

RE: Current treatment recommendations for Sracoptic mange

Evelyn Barbour-Hill — Thu, 26 Jan 2017 12:58:14 GMT

[quote user="Kate Richardson"]

What are people using for Sarcoptic mange in dogs?

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Aludex.

RE: Current treatment recommendations for Sracoptic mange

Bob Russell — Thu, 26 Jan 2017 12:34:11 GMT

I find a single dose of Stronghold works in most cases. Advocate did not work in my experience but I have not used it for many years.

RE: Current treatment recommendations for Sracoptic mange

a.bardell — Thu, 26 Jan 2017 12:15:29 GMT

A few years ago went to talk by Sue Paterson (dermatologist) and she was recommending stronghold every 2 weeks for 3 applications. She was saying in her cases advocate didn't seem to be doing the job

RE: Current treatment recommendations for Sracoptic mange

Anthony Dennison — Thu, 26 Jan 2017 10:19:26 GMT

I have in the past used stronghold every 2 weeks (off licence). Bravecto is excellent against demodex, unsure how it would do against Sarcoptes?