Notoedric Mange in Two Free-ranging Mountain Lions (Puma concolor)

Francisco A. Uzal; Robin S. Houston; Seth P. D. Riley; Robert Poppenga; Jenee Odani; Walter Boyce

doi:10.7589/0090-3558-43.2.274

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1 April 2007 Notoedric Mange in Two Free-ranging Mountain Lions (Puma concolor)

Francisco A. Uzal, Robin S. Houston, Seth P. D. Riley, Robert Poppenga, Jenee Odani, Walter Boyce

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J. of Wildlife Diseases, 43(2):274-278 (2007). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-43.2.274

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Two mountain lions (Puma concolor) were found dead in the Simi Hills area of southern California (Ventura County). Postmortem examination and toxicological analyses indicated that the cause of death was anticoagulant rodenticide intoxication. In addition, both lions had marked alopecia and skin crusts, caused by Notoedres cati. The diagnosis of notoedric mange was confirmed by histology and direct examination of mites obtained from skin scrapings of the two animals. Histologically, the affected skin showed acanthotic epidermis with parakeratosis and parasitic tunnels in the stratum corneum. This is the first report of the pathological changes associated with notoedric mange in free-ranging mountain lions.

Uzal, Houston, Riley, Poppenga, Odani, and Boyce: Notoedric Mange in Two Free-ranging Mountain Lions (Puma concolor)

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Francisco A. Uzal, Robin S. Houston, Seth P. D. Riley, Robert Poppenga, Jenee Odani, and Walter Boyce "Notoedric Mange in Two Free-ranging Mountain Lions (Puma concolor)," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 43(2), 274-278, (1 April 2007). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-43.2.274

Received: 1 April 2006; Published: 1 April 2007

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