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Mange

For other uses, see Mange (disambiguation).
Mange
Close up photograph of the left front leg of an unspecified breed of dog. There are patches of missing fur of differing sizes, but no scale is included in the image. The leg is being held by the hand of a white person of unknown age and gender.
Dog with hair loss caused by Demodex mites
SpecialtyVeterinary medicine, dermatology

Mange (/ˈmeɪndʒ/) 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. Thus, mange includes mite-associated skin disease in domestic mammals (cats and dogs), in livestock (such as sheep scab), and in wild mammals (for example, foxes, coyotes, cougars[2] and wombats[3][4]). Severe mange caused by mites has been observed in wild bears.[5] Since mites belong to the arachnid subclass Acari (also called Acarina), another term for mite infestation is acariasis.

Parasitic mites that cause mange in mammals embed themselves in either skin or hair follicles in the animal, depending upon their genus. Sarcoptes spp. burrow into skin, while Demodex spp. live in follicles.

In humans, these two types of mite infections, which would be known as "mange" in furry mammals, are instead known respectively as scabies and demodicosis.

  1. ^ "Mange – Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary". Merriam-webster.com. 2010-08-13. Archived from the original on 2011-05-13. Retrieved 2010-11-14.
  2. ^ "Adult female P-65 is the first mountain lion in study to die of complications from mange". Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area. National Park Service. 26 September 2022. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
  3. ^ Old, J. M.; Sengupta, C.; Narayan, E.; Wolfenden, J. (April 2018). "Sarcoptic mange in wombats-A review and future research directions". Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. 65 (2): 399–407. doi:10.1111/tbed.12770. PMID 29150905.
  4. ^ Mayadunnage, Sujatha; Stannard, Hayley J.; West, Peter; Old, Julie M. (2023). "Spatial and temporal patterns of sarcoptic mange in wombats using the citizen science tool, WomSAT". Integrative Zoology. 19 (3): 387–399. doi:10.1111/1749-4877.12776.
  5. ^ "Wild bear mange" (PDF).

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