Department of Pathobiology, Nihon University, School of Veterinary Medicine, 1866 Kameino, Fujisawa, Kanagawa 252-0880, Japan.
Res Vet Sci. 2012 Apr;92(2):257-8. doi: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2011.03.015. Epub 2011 Apr 9.
A case of feline demodicosis is described in this report. A 13-year-old spayed female domestic short hair cat weighing 4.5 kg was being treated with cefovecin and alternately with prednisone or methylprednisolone. On further physical examination, the cat showed mild erythema and hair loss on the bridge of the nose, around the eyes, on the chin, on the side part of the breast and on the abdomen. A large number of Demodex mites were found in deep skin scrapings from the affected areas. The cat was then treated with ivermectin at 600 μg/kg administered SC daily. After 4 weeks of treatment, the cat was clinically normal with no mites detected in the skin scrapings from the face or breast areas. The mite responsible may represent a previously seen but as yet unnamed new species. This is third report that describes a case of feline demodicosis caused by a different, unnamed mite species that has different morphological characteristics to those of known Demodex mites and may represent a previously seen but as yet unnamed species.
本报告描述了一例猫的蠕形螨病。一只 13 岁已去势的雌性家养短毛猫，体重 4.5 千克，正在接受头孢噻呋治疗，并交替使用泼尼松龙或甲泼尼龙。进一步的体格检查发现，猫的鼻梁、眼睛周围、下巴、胸部侧面和腹部有轻度红斑和脱毛。从受影响区域的深层皮肤刮片中发现了大量的蠕形螨。然后，猫每天接受 600μg/kg 的伊维菌素皮下注射治疗。经过 4 周的治疗，猫的临床症状正常，面部或胸部皮肤刮片中未发现螨虫。引起这种疾病的螨虫可能代表一种以前见过但尚未命名的新物种。这是第三份描述由不同、尚未命名的螨种引起的猫蠕形螨病的报告，这些螨种的形态特征与已知的蠕形螨不同，可能代表一种以前见过但尚未命名的物种。
