@article{
author = "Pavlović, Ivan and Zdravković, Nemanja and Ružić-Muslić, Dragana and Caro Petrović, Violeta and Bojkovski, Jovan and Mederle, Narcisa and Relić, Renata",
year = "2020",
abstract = "Demodicosis of sheep are parasitic infection caused by Demodex spp. Infection is not common like other type of
parasitic dermatitis and there are not many cases of this infection described. In most cases no clinical symptoms are
cusing and has little or no economic impact on sheep flocks. Demodex spend all life under host skin and present a
normal skin habitat. Mainly are resent at hair folicules where its complete transformation from eggs to adult is
performed. There are two types of diseases, local and general. Local demodicosis were present like small reddish
places without hair on skin. Main topic are skin on head, around eyes and mouth, and on the back legs. Most important
role to clinical demodicosis presents a immunological status of animals. Hereditary against demodicosis were
important role too. During our examination of parasitoses in one flock of sheep in the south of Serbia during the spring
of 2018, demodicosis was diagnosed. Established clinical signs are nonpruritic papules and nodules which develop
over the face, neck, shoulders, and sides and udder. At a later stage, there was a pustular eruption that gradually
merged, while later there was a thickening of the skin and loss of wool. Itch rarely occurred. The nodules contain a
thick, waxy, grayish material that can be easily expressed and mites can be found in this exudate. To diagnosis we
performed microscopic examination of deep skin scrape which revealed adult parasites, larval forms and lemon-shaped
eggs. Lesion were spontaneous loos around few months without therapy. In the area of the Western Balkans, only one
case of ovine demodicosis was recorded in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and this is the first case described in Serbia.",
publisher = "University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Bucharest Faculty of Veterinary Medicine",
journal = "Scientific Works. Series C. Veterinary Medicine",
title = "FIRST OCCURRENCE OF SHEEP DEMODICOSIS IN SERBIA",
volume = "LXVII",
number = "2",
pages = "99-101",
url = "https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_ristocar_878"
}