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Clinical dermatitis in a southern brown bandicoot (Isoodon obesulus) associated with the mite Sarcoptes scabiei

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A wild-caught adult male southern brown bandicoot (Isoodon obesulus) was presented for investigation of a pruritic skin condition that consisted of crusting, deep fissures, lichenification, alopecia, scale, and erythema, and affected the caudal dorsum, caudal, and medial thighs, distal hind limbs, tail, forepaws, and parts of the thorax. Examination of superficial and deep skin scrapings revealed large numbers of mites, which were identified as Sarcoptes scabiei. To the authors’ knowledge, infestation with this mite has not previously been reported in bandicoots.

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Acknowledgements

We thank the staff of the Clinical Pathology Laboratory at Murdoch University for their assistance in processing the samples and Ms Vanessa Paget of the Harry Waring Marsupial Reserve and Ms Karen Pryce-Howell of Native Arc for their care of the bandicoot.

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    R. M. Wicks, P. Clark & R. P. Hobbs

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Wicks, R.M., Clark, P. & Hobbs, R.P. Clinical dermatitis in a southern brown bandicoot (Isoodon obesulus) associated with the mite Sarcoptes scabiei . Comp Clin Pathol 16, 271–274 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00580-007-0700-4

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