Chorioptic Mange in a Wild Japanese Serow

Knemidocoptic Mange in Wild Golden Eagles, California, USA

During 2012-2013 in California, USA, 3 wild golden eagles were found with severe skin disease; 2 died. The cause was a rare mite, most closely related to Knemidocoptes derooi mites. Cautionary monitoring of eagle populations, habitats, and diseases is warranted.

An open study to evaluate topical treatment of equine chorioptic mange with shampooing and lime sulphur solution.

Chorioptic mange caused by Chorioptes bovis is a common pruritic skin condition of the horse. This surface-browsing parasite usually affects the lower legs (leg mange) but can present as a generalized skin disease. Numerous anecdotal reports exist in the literature about the benefit of lime sulphur as a treatment for surface ectoparasites in the horse. This report studies the use of lime sulphu...

Model of Japanese serow (Capricornis crispus) energetics predicts distribution on Honshu, Japan.

Understanding what determines a species' range is a central objective in ecology and evolutionary biology. It has important applications for predicting species distributions and how they might respond to environmental perturbations. This paper describes a mechanistic approach to predict past and present distribution of the Japanese serow (Capricornis crispus) on Honshu, Japan. We applied state-...

Ciliate protozoa from the rumen of the Japanese serow, Capricornis crispus (Temminck).

Mange of Swine

COMMON MANGE OF HOGS is a contagious skin disease which costs swine growers huge sums of money each year, and they pay the bill whether they know it or not. There are no specific data on losses at the farm and feed lot, but as mange stunts the growth of young hogs, delays fattening, and causes some deaths, the estimated losses at these sources probably average about $2 an animal in infected her...