VPA 221: Veterinary Entomology and Acarology (1+1)

SARCOPTIC MANGE IN CATTLE

• Rare but can occur in housed cattle
• “Neck & tail mange“– in USA, but can spread
• Other symptoms similar
• Loss of meat / milk production / downgrading of hide value (damaged)
• Loss of hair
• At times severely encrusted lesion with no pruritis also occurs