The sanitary control of threatened wild animals is of pivotal interest for their conservation. This task, however, is highly complex in wildlife/livestock systems. In this paper we report findings from a 2-year cross-sectional study of the epidemiology and attempted control of a Sarcoptes mite infestation in the threatened cheetah population in Masai Mara (Kenya), and discuss its interaction wi...

Background: The acaricidal action of Ozonized sunflower oil (OSO) has demonstrated in different clinical cases animal species, such as psoroptic rabbits and pig sarcoptic scabies recently demodesic goat. Objectives: This study evaluated the effectiveness OSO treatment for generalized demodicosis mange dogs. Animals: Twenty dogs breeds, between six months one year age with demodicosic that atten...

Scabies is a worldwide disease and a major public health problem in many developing countries, related primarily to poverty and overcrowding. In remote Aboriginal communities in northern Australia, prevalences of up to 50% among children have been described, despite the availability of effective chemotherapy. Sarcoptic mange is also an important veterinary disease engendering significant morbid...

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...

a 3-month-old short haired pointer with crusty local alopecia around the eyes was presented to smallanimal hospital of tehran university. scraping and biopsy were obtained from lesions of affected area.notoedres sp. was diagnosed in skin scraping by parasitologic examination. furthermore, histopathology oflesions demonstrated moderate hyperplastic epidermis, parakeratosis and acanthosis.

The efficacy of eprinomectin in an extended-release injection (ERI) formulation was evaluated in cattle harbouring induced infestations of Sarcoptes scabiei var. bovis (sarcoptic mange) in three studies conducted in Germany (two studies) and Austria (one study). A total of 44 cattle were included in the studies, 12 in one study and 16 in each of the other two studies. Approximately eight weeks ...

Understanding the relationship between disease transmission and host density is essential for predicting disease spread and control. Using long-term data on sarcoptic mange in a red fox Vulpes vulpes population, we tested long-held assumptions of density- and frequency-dependent direct disease transmission. We also assessed the role of indirect transmission. Contrary to assumptions typical of e...

A case of sarcoptic mange affecting almost all the animals of a dairy goat herd is described. This pruritic skin disease led progressively to high mortality and dramatic drop of milk yield. The lesions of the affected goats were typical of a chronic and generalized-diffuse sarcoptic mange. Diagnosis was confirmed by skin scrapings and histopathology in which many mites were demonstrated. All su...

In a closed pig breeding and finishing herd suffering from sarcoptic mange, two selected groups of pigs were filmed during a period of 10 days before and after treatment. The observation always commenced each hour and lasted for 15 min. Before treatment, observations was done round the clock, after treatment from 8:00 to 22:15. Before treatment the pens were stocked with 11 (pen A) and 10 (pen ...