New techniques for an old disease: Sarcoptic mange in the Iberian wolf

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 181, Issue 2-4, 2011, Pages 255-266

  Oleaga, Álvaro ^a   Casais, Rosa ^b   Balseiro, Ana ^b   Espí, Alberto ^b   Llaneza, Luis ^c   Hartasánchez, Alfonso ^d   Gortázar, Christian ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^b Área de Cultivos Hortofrutícolas y Forestales   (Spain)

^c Asesores en Recursos Naturales ARENA SL   (Spain)

^d Fondo para la Protección de los Animales Salvajes FAPAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Camera trapping; Epidemiology; Histopathology; Iberian wolf; Mange; Sarcoptes scabiei

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; FAT;

ALOPECIA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAMERA; CARCASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENDER; KIDNEY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARAKERATOSIS; PHOTOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; SARCOPTES SCABIEI; SARCOPTIC MANGE; SPAIN; TECHNIQUE; WOLF;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; SCABIES; SPAIN; WOLVES;

ACARI; CANIDAE; CANIS LUPUS; MAMMALIA; SARCOPTES; SARCOPTES SCABIEI; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 80052268250     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.04.036     Document Type: Article

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