Clinical response of captive common wombats (Vombatus ursinus) infected with Sarcoptes scabiei var. wombati

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 179-192

  Skerratt, Lee F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical pathology; Clinical signs; Common wombat; Experimental infection; Sarcoptes scabiei; Sarcoptic mange; Vombatus ursinus

Indexed keywords

ACARI; SARCOPTES; SARCOPTES SCABIEI TYPE WOMBATI; SARCOPTIDAE; VOMBATIDAE; VOMBATIDAE GEN. SP.; VOMBATUS URSINUS;

INSECTICIDE; IVERMECTIN;

ALOPECIA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; MARSUPIAL; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; RANDOMIZATION; SARCOPTES SCABIEI; SCABIES; SKIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ALOPECIA; ANIMALS; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; INSECTICIDES; IVERMECTIN; MALE; MARSUPIALIA; PILOT PROJECTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SARCOPTES SCABIEI; SCABIES; SKIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0141958587     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-39.1.179     Document Type: Article

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