Abstract

Manage a common contagious skin disease of animals is caused by parasitic mites. In spite of availability or their extensive use problems of safety and development of drug resistance. Hence, in the present study an indigenous, Nimant gel was tried in the treatment of mange in buffalo calves. Fifteen buffalo calves affected with manage were divided into three groups of five each. The first group of calves were given one external application of Nimant gel for five days. The second group of calves where two applications of the ointment was practiced for five days, the recovery was faster and the animals were free from the infection within a week. In the control group showed persistence of the lesions. Nimant gel was found to b e a better alternative for when used as two applications in the treatment of mange in buffalo calves.

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