Comment On: "The Treatment of Sarcoptic Mange in Wildlife: a Systematic Review"

Overview

Journal Parasit Vectors

Publisher Biomed Central

Specialties Parasitology
Tropical Medicine

Date 2020 Sep 16

PMID 32933573

Citations 9

Authors

Barbara Moroni

Marta Valldeperes

Emmanuel Serrano

Jorge Ramon Lopez-Olvera

Santiago Lavin

Luca Rossi

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Abstract

This letter comments on the article "The treatment of sarcoptic mange in wildlife: a systematic review" published in Parasites & Vectors 2019, 12:99, and discusses the limitations in the use of endectocides for scabies control in free-ranging wildlife. The ecological impact and drug resistance to ivermectin are also discussed. In our view, scabies control in free-ranging wildlife should be based preferably on population management measures, and whether to apply individual treatments to free-ranging populations should be considered very carefully and avoided where not absolutely warranted.

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