Ocorrência de sarnas em cães domiciliados no município de Patos, Paraíba.

Abstract

The higher incidence of scabies in dogs are of two kinds: Sarcoptes scabiei and Demodex canis. S. scabiei is transmitted and common occurrence in animals and man, D. canis is commensal in dogs skin, become pathogenic when occurs immunity fall in these animals. Thus, the present work aimed to study the incidence of Sarcoptic and Demodectic mange and domestic dogs in areas of low and high vulnerability in the city of Patos, Paraíba. Were used 120 dogs, in which 60 considered middle / lower class area, and 60 were used in middle/ upper class area, city of Patos, Paraíba. In each animal, a visual analysis was done to search for characteristic skin lesions of scabies. In animals with these lesions, skin for further analysis and identification of mites in the laboratory scrapings were performed. Each owner filled out a questionnaire with socioeconomic and animal handling information. Of animals analyzed, only three dogs were positive in skin scraping for D. canis and they all belonged to owners of middle / lower class. No dog was positive for S. scabiei. It was also observed that all animals belonging to owners of middle / upper class were negative in skin scraping. It is concluded that the occurrence of D.canis was low in dogs and only animals belonging to the middle/ lower class had become infected. There was no occurrence of S. scabiei in animals evaluated.