Open AccessSTUDIES ON MANGE MITE INFECTIONS OF SHEEP AND GOATS IN THE SOUTH WESTERN REGION OF NIGERIA
Author(s) -
O. O. Akinboade
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
nigerian journal of animal production
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0331-2062
DOI - 10.51791/njap.v9i2.1990
Subject(s) - mange , mite , veterinary medicine , scabies , biology , sarcoptes scabiei , medicine , ecology , dermatology
A 2-YEAR study was carried out on mange mite Infection on sheep and goats in 8 randomly selected towns in South Western Region of Nigeria between January 1977 and December 1978.
Şimilar survey was undertaken into certain selected villages as well as the University of Ibadan Teaching and Research Farm between this period.
Majority of the goats examined were infected with Sarcoptes mange while sheep were infected mainly by Chorioptes. A few of both the goat and sheep were infected by both Psoroptes and Chorloptes. All the animals examined and found affected were treated.
So far there has been no record of this study in Nigeria.