Shibata Akiko, Yachimori Shyuji, Morita Tatsushi, Kanda Eiji, Ike Kazunori, Imai Soichi
Department of Veterinary Parasitology, Nippon Veterinary and Animal Science University, Kyonan-cho 1-7-1, Musashino-shi, Tokyo 180-8602, Japan.
J Wildl Dis. 2003 Apr;39(2):437-40. doi: 10.7589/0090-3558-39.2.437.
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.
1999年2月,对一只来自日本枥木县、患有严重皮炎的野生日本鬣羚(Capricornis crispus)进行了寄生虫学和组织病理学检查。这只鬣羚感染了大量的牛足螨(Chorioptes bovis)。明显的角化不全性角化过度是这些螨虫引起的病变的特征。日本鬣羚是牛足螨的新宿主。