Author:
Ed McCaslin

Date of Publication:
2009

Publication:
Alpacas Magazine, Herd Sire 2009, pp. 150-156

Excerpt:
Skin disease in alpacas can be due to a variety of different causes: bacteria, fungi, allergies, nutritional problems, and various parasites. One of these parasites is the Chorioptic mange mite.

Chorioptic mange can be a real headache to the alpaca owner. Difficult to diagnose and even more difficult to treat, this exasperating parasite can masquerade as its cousin, Sarcoptic mange, or hide out under secondary fungal and/or bacterial infections.

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