Prevalence of sarcoptic mange in fattening pigs sacrifice in a slaughterhouse of northeastern Spain

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 61, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 145-149

  Gutiérrez, Juan F ^a   De Vigo, Jaime Méndez ^b   Castellá, Joaquín ^a   Muñoz, Elena ^a   Ferrer, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Medical affairs Merck sharp and Dohme ltd   (Spain)

Author keywords

Epidemiology arthropoda; Fattening pigs; Sarcoptes scabiei; Sarcoptic mange; Spain

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SARCOPTES SCABIEI; SCABIES; SPAIN; SWINE;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; GEOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; SARCOPTES SCABIEI; SCABIES; SEASONS; SKIN; SPAIN; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; SARCOPTES SCABIEI; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0030042459     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-4017(95)00814-4     Document Type: Article

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