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1 October 1980 DEMODICOSIS IN AFRICAN BUFFALO (Syncerus caffer caffer) IN BOTSWANA
NORBERT DRÄGER, GORDON D. PAINE
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Abstract

Demodex cafferi causes a nodular skin disease in African buffalo (Syncerus caffer caffer) resulting in eczematous lesions in severely affected animals. Average prevalence in 193 animals was 28%, infection rates being highest in animals 1 to 3 years old and equal in both sexes. A granulomatous reaction occurred in the lumina of infected hair follicles with numerous mites developing in the follicles and associated sebaceous glands. The Demodex in buffalo probably is not transmitted to cattle.

NORBERT DRÄGER and GORDON D. PAINE "DEMODICOSIS IN AFRICAN BUFFALO (Syncerus caffer caffer) IN BOTSWANA," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 16(4), 521-524, (1 October 1980). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-16.4.521
Received: 20 December 1979; Published: 1 October 1980
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