Sarcoptic Mange in Free-Ranging Pampas Foxes in the Gran Chaco, Bolivia

Sharon L. Deem; Andrew J. Noss; Rosa Leny Cuéllar; Richard Villarroel; Michael J. Linn; Donald J. Forrester

doi:10.7589/0090-3558-38.3.625

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1 July 2002 Sarcoptic Mange in Free-Ranging Pampas Foxes in the Gran Chaco, Bolivia

Sharon L. Deem, Andrew J. Noss, Rosa Leny Cuéllar, Richard Villarroel, Michael J. Linn, Donald J. Forrester

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J. of Wildlife Diseases, 38(3):625-628 (2002). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-38.3.625

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Sarcoptes scabiei infestation was diagnosed in two freshly dead free-ranging pampas foxes (Pseudalopex gymnocercus) in the Gran Chaco, Bolivia. Diagnosis was made based on histologic evaluation of skin biopsies and identification of the parasite from skin scrapings. Characteristic gross lesions consistent with mange were noted in 19 of 94 observations of free-ranging pampas foxes in the region from December 1998 to January 2000. None of 16 crab-eating foxes (Cerdocyon thous) observed during the same time period had visible lesions consistent with scabies. These are the first case reports of S. scabiei in pampas foxes.

Deem, Noss, Cuéllar, Villarroel, Linn, and Forrester: Sarcoptic Mange in Free-Ranging Pampas Foxes in the Gran Chaco, Bolivia

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Sharon L. Deem, Andrew J. Noss, Rosa Leny Cuéllar, Richard Villarroel, Michael J. Linn, and Donald J. Forrester "Sarcoptic Mange in Free-Ranging Pampas Foxes in the Gran Chaco, Bolivia," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 38(3), 625-628, (1 July 2002). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-38.3.625

Received: 1 May 2001; Published: 1 July 2002

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