a m i t r a z, a n i ns e c t i c i d e /a ca ri c i de of the f o r m a m i d i n e p e st i c i d e s group, is a ? 2 a d r e n e r g i c ag on i st a nd of t he a m i d i ne c h e m i ca l f a m il y generally us e d to c o n t r ol animal e c top a r a s i t e s. poisoning due to am i t r a z i s r a r e and characterized by c e nt r a l n e r v ous s y st e m a nd r e sp ir a to r y d e p ...

White-tailed deer treated themselves with a commercial pour-on acaricide formulation containing 2% amitraz as they fed from an ARS-patented '4-poster' topical treatment device. Whole kernel corn attracted deer to a single device placed in each of two deer-fenced pastures. In the treatment pasture, the rollers of the treatment device were charged with the acaricide, whereas the rollers of the de...

Among 16 maras housed as a colony at a zoo, 2 initially showed generalized dermal lesions on the legs, head and abdomen. Approximately 1 month later, following completion of therapy with amitraz, 6 maras in the same colony, including the 2 previously diseased animals, showed dermal lesions with severe alopecia and crusting. Sarcoptic mange was diagnosed on skin scrapings on the basis of morphol...

A nondescript dog aged six months was presented with a history of alopecia, severe itching, thickening skin on ears, around eyes, forehead and lateral aspects abdomen. Clinical examination revealed dermatitis, irregular lesions, crust formation, erythema, pruritis alopecia the affected area. Upon microscopic analysis scrapings, it found that there were abundant short tailed Demodex cornei mites...