THERAPEUTIC MANAGEMENT OF BOVINE CUTANEOUS PAPILLOMATOSIS WITH IVERMECTIN IN FARM BRED CALF CROPS OF WEST BENGAL, INDIA

Incidence of infectious bovine cutaneous papillomatosis in farm bred calf crops of tropical West Bengal during 2008-2010 and its successful therapeutic management with injectable Ivermectin is reported. Diagnosis was based on clinicopathology and histopathological findings and effects of parenteral Ivermectin were clinically evaluated in 36 calves where Ivermectin was administered @ 1ml/50 kg body wt. by subcutaneous route for 3 occassions at 15 days interval. Hundred percent clinical recovery (n = 36) was observed in treatment group whereas persistence as well as different stages of papillomatous growth without regression or self cure was observed in (n = 10) control group.