DOI: 10.36871/vet.zoo.bio.202012013
UDC 619.1: 616.1

Authors

M. E. Obukhova
Candidate of Biological Sciences, Veterinarian, Associate Professor of the Department of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Animal Science and Biology, Moscow Agricultural Academy named after K. A. Timiryazev, Moscow, Russian Federation
E. G. Deryabkina
Veterinarian, Editor of the Publishing House “Advertising Industry” (from the Royal Canin company), Moscow, Russian Federation
E. S. Latynina
Lecturer of the Department of Veterinary Medicine, Moscow Agricultural Academy named after K. A. Timiryazev, Moscow, Russian Federation
A. M. Nikanorova
Candidate of Biological Sciences, Associate Professor of the Veterinary and Animal Physiology Department of the Kaluga Branch of the Moscow Agricultural Academy named after K. A. Timiryazev, Kaluga, Russian Federation

Abstract

The article analyzes the epizootological situation of dogs demodicosis in the city of Shchelkovo, Moscow region. It was found that among all studied animals with lesions of the skin and hair, dogs with a confirmed diagnosis of demodicosis occupy a significant proportion. Animals with the absence of any clinical symptoms of demodicosis and without pronounced signs of violation of the integrity of the skin and hair, however, can be carriers of its pathogen.

Keywords

demodicosis, Demodex canis, parasitosis of dogs.