A FIELD TECHNIQUE FOR DETECTION OF MITES

Document Type : Research article

Authors

Dept. of Veterinary Medicine, Fac. of Vet. Med. Cairo University,

Abstract

Skin scrapings from 94 different injected animlas were examined to clarify the effect of equal volumes Ol different concentrations of potassium hydroxide and pure saturated sodium chloride solution on the flotation of different kinds of mites Of these samples 22 were collected from buffaloes, 44 from sheep and 28 from dogs.
Our findings revealed that mixture of equal volumes of 20% potassium hydroxide and saturated sodium chloride solutions was the optimum.