Negative effect of the arthropod parasite, Sarcoptes scabiei, on testes mass in Iberian ibex, Capra pyrenaica

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 175, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 306-312

  Sarasa, Mathieu ^a,b   Serrano, Emmanuel ^c   Soriguer, Ramón C ^d   Granados, José Enrique ^e   Fandos, Paulino ^f   Gonzalez, Georges ^b   Joachim, Jean ^b   Pérez, Jesús M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^e Espacio Natural Sierra Nevada   (Spain)

^f EGMASA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Capra pyrenaica; Parasitic castration; Sarcoptes scabiei; Sarcoptic mange; Testis; Ungulate

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAPRA PYRENAICA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GOAT; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MALE; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE LOCALIZATION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PARASITOSIS; PROGENY; SARCOPTES SCABIEI; SARCOPTIC MANGE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPAIN; TESTIS SIZE; WILD ANIMAL;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SARCOPTES SCABIEI; SCABIES; SEASONS; SKIN; SPAIN; TESTIS;

ARTHROPODA; CAPRA IBEX; CAPRA PYRENAICA; MAMMALIA; SARCOPTES SCABIEI; UNGULATA;

EID: 78751623763     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2010.10.024     Document Type: Article

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