Abstract
We investigated the relationship
between prevalence and severity of clinical
signs of Demodex cafferi infection in freeranging
African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) and
other factors such as age, sex, pregnancy status,
and concomitant infections with bovine tuberculosis
(BTB), Rift Valley fever (RVF), and
brucellosis (BA). Approximately half of 203
buffalo examined in this study had clinical signs
of demodicosis (cutaneous nodules); younger
age classes had the highest prevalence and
severity of lesions (x2521.4, df56, P50.0015).
Nodules were generally limited to the head and
neck region, but in severe cases were present
over the entire animal. We found no significant
association between clinical severity of the
Demodex infection and gender, pregnancy
status, or infection with BTB, RVF, or BA.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:tut/oai:encore.tut.ac.za:d1001766 |
| Date | 01 April 2009 |
| Creators | Wolhuter, J, Bengis, RG, Reilly, BK, Cross, PC |
| Publisher | Wildlife Disease Association |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | |
| Rights | c Wildlife Disease Association 2009 |
| Relation | Journal of Wildlife Diseases |
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