TREATMENT SCABIOSIS IN LOCAL CAT

Abstract

Scabiosis is a disease that attacks the corneum layer of the skin and consumes cell fluid. This skin disease is contagious from one cat to another and is zoonotic. Symptoms of itching often occur at the initial occurrence. Severe lesions will form scabs on several parts of the body such as the ears, face, elbows, fingers and around the genitals. The cat in the case was in good health and was declared missing for 3 months and returned with scabbed skin, thin body and hair loss. The owner reported that the case cat often scratched its body, so the owner decided to treat it with sulfur shampoo in combination with shampoo for humans accompanied by the administration of Virgin Coconut Oil (VCO) for 3 months but it failed to cure. Samples of crusted lesions were taken using the superficial skin scraping method and examined under a microscope with 100x magnification. During the examination, Sarcoptes scabei mites were found and a complete blood count (CBC) examination revealed a decrease in platelets. The case cat was diagnosed as suffering from scabiosis with a fausta prognosis. The case cat was treated with an injection of ivermectin at a dose of 0.3 mg/kg BW, dhipenhydramine HCl at a dose of 1 mg/kg BW, then continued with clorapeheniramine maleate at a dose of 4 mg/head given orally. Apart from that, case cats are also treated by bathing them with sulfur shampoo and giving fish oil and improving the animal's nutrition by adding boiled chicken and fish. Ivermectin administration was repeated 14 days later. On the 14th day, it showed good changes, characterized by a decrease in pruritus, disappearance of crusty lesions and hyperkeratosis on the cat's body. On the 21st day, the cat's hair on the part that has alopecia on the face has grown, all the crusts have disappeared, the cat looks physically healthy.