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The Pennsylvania Game Commission confirmed to this news organization from a photo that the animal is a fox with mange, not a coyote. ... the police would kill it, the department said Tuesday.
Mange (/ ˈ m eɪ n dʒ /) is a type of skin disease caused by parasitic mites. [1] Because various species of mites also infect plants, birds and reptiles, the term "mange", or colloquially "the mange", suggesting poor condition of the skin and fur due to the infection, is sometimes reserved for pathological mite-infestation of nonhuman mammals.
Notoedric mange, also referred to as Feline scabies, is a highly contagious skin infestation caused by an ectoparasitic and skin burrowing mite Notoedres cati (Acarina, Sarcoptidae). N. cati is primarily a parasite of felids , but it can also infest rodents , lagomorphs , and occasionally also dogs and foxes.
Demodicosis / ˌ d ɛ m ə d ə ˈ k oʊ s ɪ s /, also called Demodex folliculitis in humans [1] and demodectic mange (/ d ɛ m ə ˈ d ɛ k t ɪ k /) or red mange in animals, is caused by a sensitivity to and overpopulation of Demodex spp. as the host's immune system is unable to keep the mites under control. Demodex is a genus of mite in the ...
Every inch of his mange-infected skin tells the story of his four months of life so far," the shelter wrote in the caption. ... Fox Weather. State of emergency declared in New Jersey ahead of I-95 ...
Jul. 24—CUMBERLAND, Md. — Dozens of bears in Western Maryland died in the past few months from conditions including vehicle impact and mange. According to Clarissa Harris, wildlife response ...
The most harmful to wolves, particularly pups, is the mange mite (Sarcoptes scabiei), [4] though they rarely develop full-blown mange, unlike foxes. [5] Lice, such as Trichodectes canis, may cause sickness in wolves, but rarely death. Ticks of the genus Ixodes can infect wolves with Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain spotted fever. [4]
The article says that several different "species" can get mange, but doesn't say which ones. How many kinds of mammals get mange; does it affect only a few families, or are the majority of mammals susceptible to it? Can other kinds of animals get mange, or is it restricted to mammals? 75.210.190.247 07:42, 10 June 2008 (UTC)