LILACS – Literatura Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Ciencias de la Salud

Sarcoptic mange (Sarcoptes scabiei) in wild canids (Cerdocyon thous)

Teodoro, Tamires G. W; Lima, Pâmela A; Stehling, Patrícia C; Oliveira Junior, Ivam M; Varaschin, Mary S; Wouters, Flademir; Wouters, Angelica T. B.

Pesqui. vet. bras; 38 (7), 2018

Crab-eating foxes (Cerdocyon thous) are wild canids found in practically all Brazilian states. They usually live and hunt in pairs, but can be found in small groups, which favors the transmission of diseases such as sarcoptic mange. This study aims to describe the epidemiological, parasitological and pat...

Canidae/anomalías, Sarcoptes scabiei/clasificación, Dermatitis/veterinaria, Sarcoptes scabiei/patogenicidad

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Skin impression with acetate tape in Demodex canis and Scarcoptes scabiei var. vulpes diagnosis

Pereira, D T; Castro, L J M; Centenaro, V B; Amaral, A S; Krause, A; Schmidt, C.

Arq. bras. med. vet. zootec; 67 (1), 2015

This study compares the efficacy of skin impression with acetate tape and the deep skin scraping test to find D. canis and S. scabiei in dogs. During six months, 134 samples were collected by both techniques from 115 dogs treated at the dermatology service of the Veterinary Hospital of the Federal Univer...

Sarcoptes scabiei/clasificación, Sarcoptes scabiei/parasitología, Perros/parasitología

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