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'''[[Sarcoptic Mange - Horse|In Horses]]'''
'''[[Sarcoptic Mange - Horse|In Horses]]'''
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*Caused by [[Sarcoptes|''Sarcoptes scabiei'']]
*Highly contagious
*Mainly in pigs, dogs, also horses, cattle, sheep, goats and cats
*Intense pruritus due hypersensitivity to mites borrowing through stratum corneum
*Usually starts with external pinnae -> head -> neck -> generalised
*Grossly:
**Erythematous [[Skin Glossary - Pathology|macules, papules, crusts]]
**If chronic -> [[Skin Glossary - Pathology|lichenified]], hairless
*Microscopically:
**Hyperplastic, spongiotic, superficial perivascular dermatitis
**Crusting, eosinophil infiltration
**Mites are not commonly seen, but eggs and feces may be found in stratumn corneum
[[Category:Sarcoptic_Mange]]
[[Category:Sarcoptic_Mange]]
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