Sarcoptic mange and cheetah conservation in Masai Mara (Kenya): Epidemiological study in a wildlife/livestock system

Parasitology

Volumn 139, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1587-1595

  Gakuya, Francis ^a   Ombui, Jackson ^b   Maingi, Ndichu ^b   Muchemi, Gerald ^b   Ogara, William ^b   Soriguer, Ramón C ^c   Alasaad, Samer ^c,d  

^a KENYA WILDLIFE SERVICE   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acinonyx jubatus; parasite control; Psoroptes ovis; Sarcoptes scabiei; treatment; wildlife livestock boundary

Indexed keywords

IVERMECTIN; KALAMECTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTELOPE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CHEETAH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; GAZELLE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; KENYA; LION; LIVESTOCK; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSOROPTES OVIS; SARCOPTES SCABIEI; SARCOPTIC MANGE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; WILDEBEEST; WILDLIFE; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION;

ACINONYX; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTELOPES; ANTIPARASITIC AGENTS; CATTLE; DOGS; GOATS; KENYA; LIVESTOCK; MITE INFESTATIONS; PREVALENCE; PSOROPTIDAE; SARCOPTES SCABIEI; SCABIES; SEASONS; SHEEP;

EID: 84864381492     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182012000935     Document Type: Article

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