TREATMENT EFFECTIVENESS OF RABBITS' TRICHOPHYTOSIS WITH BIOSHAUM SHAMPOO
Abstract
Microsporum canis and Trichophyton mentagrophytes are anthropozoonous dermatophytes that can cause skin infections in animals and humans. The development of new safe means of treatment and prevention of dermatophytes is an important task for scientists. The study was conducted on a private rabbit farm in the village of Kinsky Rozdory, Pologiv district, Zaporizhia region, in the period from March 2021 to April 2021. The material for the study was a scraping from the affected area of the skin followed by the preparation of a preparation with KOH and blood serum of rabbits. Blood was collected in the morning before feeding the rabbits intravenously, at the beginning and at the end of the experiment. Luminescent examination of the animals using a Wood's lamp was carried out before each washing with Bioshaum shampoo. This article presents the results of a study on the effectiveness of treatment of trichophytosis in rabbits using Bioshaum shampoo on a private rabbit farm. A total of 33 rabbits were tested, of which five showed signs of ringworm and the other 28 had no visible symptoms. The identified five rabbits with signs of ringworm were treated with Bioshaum shampoo at a concentration of 2% once every three days until the symptoms disappeared (one to two weeks), which led to a complete recovery. The other 28 rabbits, which had no signs of trichophytosis, were treated with the same concentration of Bioshaum shampoo solution once every three days three times, during which no symptoms of trichophytosis were detected. Before each washing of the rabbits, the cages where they are kept were treated with a 1% Biofoam solution with a consumption of 0.1-0.2 l/m² for machine or hand washing. The results of the study indicate the high efficiency of Bioshaum shampoo in the treatment of trichophytosis in rabbits and its safety, which was proven on the basis of a clinical blood test, the toxic effect of Bioshaum shampoo was not detected. The shampoo can be used to treat rabbits with signs of ringworm or to prevent infection in animals. The study was conducted on a private rabbit farm, which may limit the generalizability of the study, but may still be useful for rabbit farm owners and veterinarians involved in the treatment of ringworm in rabbits. The prospect of further research is to determine the possibility of using BioShaum shampoo for the treatment and prevention of infections in other livestock farms.
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