STUDY OF EFFICIENCY OF APPLICATION OF THE PRODUCT BASED ON SELAMECTIN IN ECTOPARASITOSIS OF DOGS AND CATS

Ectoparasites of carnivores (dogs and cats) are ubiquitous and cause irreversible pathological processes, worsen the general health of animals, aggravate the course of chronic diseases, reduce immunity and can even lead to the death of dogs and cats, especially at an early age [5, 6]. Despite the significant achievements and successes of veterinary medicine in the elimination of ectoparasites, the problem of treatment and prevention of parasitic diseases of domestic dogs and cats remains an urgent task today. The drugs used for parasitic diseases of carnivores are subject to rather high requirements: they must be non-toxic, effective, have a wide spectrum of action and prolong the action. Modern antiparasitic drugs with insecticidal action contain macrocyclic lactones as active substances. In our experiments, we used a drug based on selamectin, which has a wide range of systemic nematodicidal, insecticidal and acaricidal effects and has larvocidal and ovocidal properties. In experiments, a drug based on selamectin showed 100% effectiveness with otodectosis and entomosis, 88.9% with cat noedrosis, 85% with sarcoptosis in dogs, and 70% with generalized demodecosis.