Parasitologic and histopathologic examinations were performed on a wild Japanese serow (Capricornis crispus) with severe dermatitis from Tochigi, Japan in February 1999. The serow was infested with a large number Chorioptes bovis. Marked parakeratotic hyperkeratosis was characteristic of the lesions induced by these mites. Japanese serow is a new host of C. bovis.
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1 April 2003
Chorioptic Mange in a Wild Japanese Serow
Akiko Shibata,
Shyuji Yachimori,
Tatsushi Morita,
Eiji Kanda,
Kazunori Ike,
Soichi Imai
Journal of Wildlife Diseases
Vol. 39 • No. 2
April 2003
Vol. 39 • No. 2
April 2003
Capricornis crispus
Chorioptes bovis
chorioptic mange
Japanese serow
mites