Demodicosis: New treatment, common misdiagnosis

The treatment of demodicosis took a major step forward 2 years ago when a study demonstrated that fluralaner (Bravecto; Intervet-Merck Animal Health, Kirkland, Quebec), was very effective in the successful resolution of generalized demodicosis in 8 dogs over 1 year of age (1). The study did not indicate how many dogs had juvenile-onset or adult-onset demodicosis. All dogs were treated once with a minimum oral dosage of 25 mg/kg body weight (BW). The single treatment resulted in all 8 dogs being mite-free on skin scraping on day 56 and day 84. All but 1 dog showed > 90% hair regrowth by 12 weeks after the initial treatment (1)