Lange R E, Sandoval A V, Meleney W P
J Wildl Dis. 1980 Jan;16(1):77-82. doi: 10.7589/0090-3558-16.1.77.
Prior to 1978, no reports were made of scabies lesions or mites recovered from any Mexican bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis mexicana) examined in the San Andres National Wildlife Refuge in southern New Mexico. In 1978, all of five rams harvested by hunters had live mites of the genus Psoroptes and active lesions of scabies in their ears and/or on their bodies. Deaths due to scabies were not documented during this outbreak although aerial helicopter surveys conducted in March, June and September, 1979 recorded less than half the sheep observations of five previous and similarly conducted surveys. After measurement of the length of the outer opisthosomal setae of the male mites, they appear to be Psoroptes ovis (Hering), the common scabies mite of domestic sheep, cattle and horses. Final specific determination must await proposed transmission studies with domestic livestock.
1978年以前，在新墨西哥州南部的圣安德烈斯国家野生动物保护区对墨西哥大角羊（Ovis canadensis mexicana）进行检查时，未发现疥癣病变或疥螨的报告。1978年，猎人捕获的五只公羊耳部和/或身体上均有活的痒螨属螨虫以及活跃的疥癣病变。尽管在1979年3月、6月和9月进行的直升机空中调查记录的羊只数量不到此前五次类似调查的一半，但此次疫情期间未记录到因疥癣导致的死亡情况。在测量了雄螨后体外侧刚毛的长度后，它们似乎是绵羊、牛和马常见的疥螨——绵羊痒螨（Psoroptes ovis，赫林）。最终的具体鉴定必须等待与家畜进行的拟议传播研究结果。
