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Contact transmission of psoroptic mange from bighorn to Stone sheep
1Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman 99164-7040, USA.
Journal of Wildlife Diseases
|July 1, 1997
Abstract:
Psoroptes sp. mites and tan crusty lesions were detected in the ears of a captive Stone sheep (Ovis dalli stonei) in April 1996, after contact with infected captive Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis canadensis). Psoroptes spp. have not been detected in free-ranging ungulates in Canada or Alaska (USA). This is the first report of Psoroptes sp. in Stone sheep, indicating their susceptibility to infection.