Chorioptic mange in a wild Japanese serow.
Parasitologic and histopathologic examinations were performed on a wild Japanese serow (Capricornis crispus) with severe dermatitis from Tochigi, Japan in February 1999. The serow was infested with a large number Chorioptes bovis. Marked parakeratotic hyperkeratosis was characteristic of the lesions induced by these mites. Japanese serow is a new host of C. bovis.
Shibata
Akiko
A
Department of Veterinary Parasitology, Nippon Veterinary and Animal Science University, Kyonan-cho 1-7-1, Musashino-shi, Tokyo 180-8602, Japan. d0003@nvau.ac.jp
Yachimori
Shyuji
S
Morita
Tatsushi
T
Kanda
Eiji
E
Ike
Kazunori
K
Imai
Soichi
S
D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D008924:Mite Infestations / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D040042:Psoroptidae / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification*; D012418:Ruminants / Q000469:parasitology*; D012867:Skin / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology