Blackbuck Antelope (Antilope cervicapra), a New Host for Psoroptes cuniculi (Acari: Psoroptidae)

Fred C. Wright; Robert L. Glaze

doi:10.7589/0090-3558-24.1.168

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1 January 1988 Blackbuck Antelope (Antilope cervicapra), a New Host for Psoroptes cuniculi (Acari: Psoroptidae)

Fred C. Wright, Robert L. Glaze

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J. of Wildlife Diseases, 24(1):168-169 (1988). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-24.1.168

Abstract

Information was requested on the cause of extensive lesions and death of a black-buck antelope (Antilope cervicapra). Psoroptes cuniculi, the ear mite of domestic rabbits, was identified as the cause of the lesions. Death of the antelope was attributed to a secondary bacterial infection. This is the first report of P. cuniculi on blackbuck antelope. The potential impact of these mites on blackbuck antelope and other exotics in Texas is unknown.

Wright and Glaze: Blackbuck Antelope (Antilope cervicapra), a New Host for Psoroptes cuniculi (Acari: Psoroptidae)

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Fred C. Wright and Robert L. Glaze "Blackbuck Antelope (Antilope cervicapra), a New Host for Psoroptes cuniculi (Acari: Psoroptidae)," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 24(1), 168-169, (1 January 1988). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-24.1.168

Received: 12 June 1987; Published: 1 January 1988

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