THERAPEUTIC MANAGEMENT OF BOVINE CUTANEOUS PAPILLOMATOSIS WITH IVERMECTIN IN FARM BRED CALF CROPS OF WEST BENGAL, INDIA

摘要

Incidence of infectious bovine cutaneous papillomatosis in farm bred calf crops of tropicalWest Bengal during 2008-2010 and its successful therapeutic management with injectable Ivermectinis reported. Diagnosis was based on clinicopathology and histopathological findings and effects ofparenteral Ivermectin were clinically evaluated in 36 calves where Ivermectin was administered @1ml/50 kg body wt. by subcutaneous route for 3 occassions at 15 days interval. Hundred percentclinical recovery (n = 36) was observed in treatment group whereas persistence as well as differentstages of papillomatous growth without regression or self cure was observed in (n = 10) control group.