Usefulness of estimated surface area of damaged skin as a proxy of mite load in the monitoring of sarcoptic mange in free-ranging populations of Iberian wild goat, Capra pyrenaica

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 176, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 258-264

  Pérez, Jesús M ^a   Granados, José E ^b   Sarasa, Mathieu ^c   Serrano, Emmanuel ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

^b Espacio Natural Sierra Nevada   (Spain)

^c Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona ^*  (France)

^d UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Capra pyrenaica; Mite counts; Sarcoptidosis; Skin lesions; Wildlife disease monitoring

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; CAPRA PYRENAICA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FIELD STUDY; GOAT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITISM; SARCOPTES SCABIEI; SARCOPTIC MANGE; SCABIES; SPAIN; WILD ANIMAL;

ACARI; CAPRA AEGAGRUS; CAPRA PYRENAICA; SARCOPTES SCABIEI;

EID: 79952043297     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2010.11.002     Document Type: Article

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