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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.
Sarcoptic mange affects domestic animals and similar infestations in domestic fowls cause the disease known as "scaly leg". The effects of S. scabiei are the most well-known, causing "scabies", or "the itch". The adult female mite, having been fertilized, burrows into the skin (usually at the hands or wrists, but other parts of the body may ...
This is typically caused by sarcoptic mites. Sarcoptes scabiei is an example: it infests many species of mammals, including humans. Other common sarcoptic mites are in the genus Notoedres, and the genus Knemidokoptes (or Cnemidocoptes) which infest birds.
There are two major types of mange caused by different types of mites, Sarcoptic Mange, sometimes known as scabies, or Demodectic Mange, sometimes known as red mange or demodex.
Sarcoptic mange is transmissible to humans who come into prolonged contact with infested animals, [65] and is distinguished from human scabies by its distribution on skin surfaces covered by clothing. Scabies-infected domestic fowl develop what is known as "scaly leg".
A dog with skin irritation and hair loss on its leg caused by demodectic mange. Infectious skin diseases of dogs include contagious and non-contagious infections or infestations. Contagious infections include parasitic, bacterial, fungal and viral skin diseases. One of the most common contagious parasitic skin diseases is Sarcoptic mange (scabies).
These mites burrow into the skin of their host, causing sarcoptic mange, predominantly affecting even-toed ungulates. Pregnant female mites tunnel into the host’s stratum corneum and deposit eggs. The young mites, after hatching, move across the skin and molt into the nymphal stage, where they may harbor the bacterial pathogen Bacillus ...
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