GinaB
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Stupid question, is fox mange the same as sarcoptic mange? It's highly contagious, is it not?
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Bellasophia
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No question is stupid...fox mange is also called sarcoptic mange and can affect dogs,usually when they have a low immune system.....
Lots to read here....
http://www.wildlifeonline.me.uk/mange.html
http://www.nfws.org.uk/mange/mange01.htm
http://foxproject.org.uk/fox-facts/sarcoptic-mange/
Quote from one link,to answer your question...
"Domestic dogs appear particularly susceptible to contracting mange from foxes (they can also give foxes mange). A series of experiments by Dr Bornstein during the late 1980s found that captive beagles caught mange and developed clinical symptoms (i.e. itching, redness, crusty skin etc.) within a couple of weeks of being exposed to a piece of skin taken from a wild fox. When the fox skin was pressed on to their back, the incubation period was 6 to 9 days and, if the skin was just attached to the side of their cage it took between 11 and 13 days for symptoms to manifest. The dogs started losing hair within three weeks. Bornstein’s studies were obviously conducted in heavily confined quarters, but we have already seen that transfer occurs in the wild and there are many other similar accounts in the literature. The outbreak in Sweden during the mid-1970s, for example, resulted in local dogs contracting mange almost as soon as the epidemic appeared in the fox population. Similarly, in a letter to the Veterinary Record during 2003, for example, W. A. Scott described how, shortly after a fox family with serious mange in Falmouth died, local dog owners started reporting cases of mange in their pets. As with foxes, treatment of pet dogs involves a course of acaricide, such as ivermectin or Stronghold"
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Lots to read here....
http://www.wildlifeonline.me.uk/mange.html
http://www.nfws.org.uk/mange/mange01.htm
http://foxproject.org.uk/fox-facts/sarcoptic-mange/
Quote from one link,to answer your question...
"Domestic dogs appear particularly susceptible to contracting mange from foxes (they can also give foxes mange). A series of experiments by Dr Bornstein during the late 1980s found that captive beagles caught mange and developed clinical symptoms (i.e. itching, redness, crusty skin etc.) within a couple of weeks of being exposed to a piece of skin taken from a wild fox. When the fox skin was pressed on to their back, the incubation period was 6 to 9 days and, if the skin was just attached to the side of their cage it took between 11 and 13 days for symptoms to manifest. The dogs started losing hair within three weeks. Bornstein’s studies were obviously conducted in heavily confined quarters, but we have already seen that transfer occurs in the wild and there are many other similar accounts in the literature. The outbreak in Sweden during the mid-1970s, for example, resulted in local dogs contracting mange almost as soon as the epidemic appeared in the fox population. Similarly, in a letter to the Veterinary Record during 2003, for example, W. A. Scott described how, shortly after a fox family with serious mange in Falmouth died, local dog owners started reporting cases of mange in their pets. As with foxes, treatment of pet dogs involves a course of acaricide, such as ivermectin or Stronghold"
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chillipup
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Yes, I believe it is the same. I guess a human would only get it if they were continually cuddling a mangy fox but obviously dogs can catch it by travelling through the same areas where the mange mite scabs might have been shed. It is however, easily treated in dogs and humans.
GinaB
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There is a dog round my way currently suffering from it, yet the woman who owns said dog is still walking her in popular dog walking routes! Surely they should be kept in quarantine until it clears? I'd be mighty annoyed if one of my lot caught it if could easily be prevented.
Bellasophia
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Are you sure it has mange? If you really are,then have a friendly word and ask how her dog is doing...then possibly advise her that the dog can be easily treated and will feel much better...a specific shampoo and a vet prescribed parasite treatment will sort him out.Sometimes a friendly word will get things done when the cold shoulder doesn't
If she can't afford a vet,then suggest frontline spray as a starting point.
Her dog may have low thyroid,or allergies ,be on steroids or have cushings..all can cause hair loss,so do be sure by talking to her first.
If she can't afford a vet,then suggest frontline spray as a starting point.
Her dog may have low thyroid,or allergies ,be on steroids or have cushings..all can cause hair loss,so do be sure by talking to her first.
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GinaB
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Yep, it's definitely mange as another walker told me (they're friends) it is getting treatment but I assume it should be kept in quarantine until it clears. I would never accuse a dog of having mange unless I knew for certain 