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ArticleExperimental & applied acarology2018

Characterizing the growth of Sarcoptes scabiei infrapopulations.

Inmaculada Castro, José Espinosa, José E Granados, Francisco J Cano-Manuel, Paulino Fandos, Arián Ráez-Bravo, Jorge R López-Olvera, Ramón C Soriguer, Jesús M Pérez

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Article in Experimental & applied acarology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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9 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Inmaculada CastroDepartment of Animal and Plant Biology, and Ecology, Jaén University, Campus Las Lagunillas, s.n.; 23071, Jaén, Spain. inmacastro.s@hotmail.com.
José EspinosaDepartment of Animal and Plant Biology, and Ecology, Jaén University, Campus Las Lagunillas, s.n.; 23071, Jaén, Spain.
José E GranadosEspacio Natural de Sierra Nevada, Carretera Antigua de Sierra Nevada, Km 7, 18071, Pinos Genil, Granada, Spain.
Francisco J Cano-ManuelEspacio Natural de Sierra Nevada, Carretera Antigua de Sierra Nevada, Km 7, 18071, Pinos Genil, Granada, Spain.
Paulino FandosAgencia de Medio Ambiente y Agua, Isla de la Cartuja, 41092, Seville, Spain.
Arián Ráez-BravoServei d'Ecopatologia de Fauna Salvatge, Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain.
Jorge R López-OlveraServei d'Ecopatologia de Fauna Salvatge, Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain.
Ramón C SoriguerEstación Biológica de Doñana (CSIC), Av. Américo Vespucio, s.n, 41092, Seville, Spain.
Jesús M PérezDepartment of Animal and Plant Biology, and Ecology, Jaén University, Campus Las Lagunillas, s.n.; 23071, Jaén, Spain.
Universidad de Jaén · ESSierra Nevada Corporation (United States) · USUniversitat Autònoma de Barcelona · ESAgencia de Medio Ambiente y Agua de Andalucía · ESEstación Biológica de Doñana · ES

Funding

Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad ECC/1402/2013: BES-2013- 201 063931
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

During the course of parasitic disease infestations, parasite population sizes change at both individual host (infrapopulation) and host population (metapopulation) levels. However, most studies only report epidemiological values for specific locations and times. In this study we analysed the dynamics of several Sarcoptes scabiei infrapopulations from experimentally infested Iberian ibex, Capra pyrenaica. We obtained mite counts by digesting small skin biopsies, which we compared with indices obtained from histopathological analyses performed on adjacent skin biopsies. We obtained the finite growth rate and the daily growth rate for the mite infrapopulations: mean ± SE = 11.53 ± 10.17 and 0.10 ± 0.08 mites/day, respectively. Mite counts derived from skin sample digestion did not correlate with the histological mite indices obtained from adjacent skin biopsies. At a metapopulational level, both indices of mite abundance were modelled using GLMMs and the factors influencing their variation are analysed and discussed. Our results suggest that mites are not distributed uniformly over the whole area of the skin lesion. Therefore, direct diagnoses of mange and mite counts could be inaccurate if only small skin samples are used.

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GoatsHost-Parasite InteractionsAge FactorsAnimalsAnimals, WildFemaleGoat DiseasesMalePopulation GrowthSarcoptes scabieiScabiesSex FactorsSpainCapra pyrenaicaExperimental infectionInfrapopulation dynamicsMite aggregationSarcoptes scabiei

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