Efficacy of Ivermectin, Liquid Paraffin, and Carbaryl against Mange of Farmed Rabbits in Central Kenya

Table 3

Viability of mites in the laboratory efficacy trial of ivermectin, liquid paraffin, and carbaryl-liquid paraffin combination against rabbit psoroptic mange.

Treatment group	Number of rabbits with and without Psoroptes cuniculi during the study period
	Day 0 (treatment)		Day 7		Day 14		Day 21		Day 28
	+ve	−ve	+ve	−ve	+ve	−ve	+ve	−ve	+ve	−ve
Ivermectin (G1)	^v(4)	0	^v(2); ^d(1)	1	^d(3)	1	^d(3)	1	^d(0)	4
Liquid paraffin (G2)	^v(4)	0	^v(4)	0	^d(2)	2	^d(0)	4	^v(0)	4
Carbaryl-liquid paraffin (G3)	^v(4)	0	^v(1); ^d(1)	2	^d(1)	3	^d(0)	4	^d(0)	4
Positive control (G4)	^v(4)	0	^v(4)	0	^v(4)	0	^v(4)	0	^v(4)	0
Negative control (G5)	^v(0)	4	^v(0)	4	^v(0)	4	^v(0)	0	^v(0)	0

Note: +ve = rabbits with mites; −ve = rabbits without any mite on microscopic examination of samples. Items in parentheses represent number of rabbits. Numbers with the superscript “v” are rabbits with viable (live) mites, while those with the superscript “d” are rabbits with nonviable (dead) mites.