Scabies in Ryukyu Wild Boars on Amami-Oshima Island

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  • 奄美大島のリュウキュウイノシシにみられた疹癬
  • 奄美大島のリュウキュウイノシシにみられた疥癬
  • アマミ オオシマ ノ リュウキュウ イノシシ ニ ミラレタ カイセン

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In recent years, skin disease with body-wide alopecia or marked lichenification has been observed in Ryukyu wild boars (Sus scrofa riukivanus) living on Amami-Oshima island. Sarcoptic mange mites (Sarcoptes scabiei) have been detected from skin lesions on diseased animals. The disease was first detected in 1978 in Setouchicho on Amami-Oshima. It has since become widespread. The wild boars are thought to have been infected by feral Amami-Oshima pigs, on which sarcoptic mange mites have been detected.

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