ArticleParasites & vectors2015
Sex-biased severity of sarcoptic mange at the same biological cost in a sexually dimorphic ungulate.
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- Genomics reveal local skin immune response key to control sarcoptic mange in Iberian ibex (Capra pyrenaica).BMC genomics · 2024Article
- A retrospective epidemiological study of sarcoptic mange in koalas (International journal for parasitology. Parasites and wildlife · 2024Article
- Home range in genusJournal of mammalogy · 2024Article
- Epidemiology ofInternational journal for parasitology. Parasites and wildlife · 2023Article
- Co-infection patterns in the ectoparasitic community affecting the Iberian ibex Capra pyrenaica.Parasites & vectors · 2023Article
- Diseases of Iberian ibex (European journal of wildlife research · 2023Review
- How sensitive and specific is the visual diagnosis of sarcoptic mange in free-ranging Iberian ibexes?Parasites & vectors · 2019Article
- Characterizing the growth of Sarcoptes scabiei infrapopulations.Experimental & applied acarology · 2018Article
- Evaluation of three enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays for sarcoptic mange diagnosis and assessment in the Iberian ibex, Capra pyrenaica.Parasites & vectors · 2016Article
- Sarcoptes scabiei infestation does not alter the stability of ectoparasite communities.Parasites & vectors · 2016Article
- Sarcoptic mange breaks up bottom-up regulation of body condition in a large herbivore population.Parasites & vectors · 2015Article
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Abstract
backgroundIn sexually dimorphic species, male susceptibility to parasite infection and mortality is frequently higher than in females. The Iberian ibex (Capra pyrenaica) is a sexually dimorphic mountain ungulate endemic to the Iberian Peninsula commonly affected by sarcoptic mange, a chronic catabolic skin disease caused by Sarcoptes scabiei. Since 1992, sarcoptic mange affects the Iberian ibex population of the Sierra Nevada Natural Space (SNNS). This study aims at exploring whether mange severity, in terms of prevalence and its effects on body condition, is male-biased in Iberian ibex.
findingsOne thousand and seventy-one adult Iberian ibexes (439 females and 632 males) were randomly shot-harvested in the SNNS from May 1995 to February 2008. Sarcoptic mange stage was classified as healthy, mildly infected or severely infected. Sex-biased prevalence of severe mange was evaluated by a Chi-square test whereas the interaction between mange severity and sex on body condition was assessed by additive models. Among scabietic individuals, the prevalence of severely affected males was 1.29 times higher than in females. On the other hand, both sexes were not able to take profit of a higher availability of seasonal food resources when sarcoptic, particularly in the severe stages.
conclusionsSarcoptic mange severity is male-biased in Iberian ibex, though not mange effects on body condition. Behavioural, immunological and physiological characteristics of males may contribute to this partial sex-biased susceptibility to sarcoptic mange.
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