Sarcoptes scabiei ( Linnaeus, 1758 )

Mwase, Enala T. & Baker Table Of Contents, Anne S., 2006, An annotated checklist of mites (Arachnida: Acari) of Zambia, Zootaxa 1106 (1), pp. 1-24 : 4

Sarcoptes scabiei ( Linnaeus, 1758) (itch mite, sarcoptic mange mite)

Distribution. Cattle, water kudu (sitatunga), hartebeest ( Artiodactyla : Bovidae ), silver jackal ( Carnivora : Canidae ); ( Department of Animal Health 1934). ( Ministry of Rural Development 1973).

Remarks. Sarcoptic mange, or mange, has been regularly reported as a scheduled disease of domesticated animals across Zambia, e.g., pigs ( Artiodactyla : Suidae ) in Copperbelt Province ( Ministry of Rural Development 1976), goats ( Artiodactyla : Bovidae ) in Chesikesi and Mazabuka, Southern Province ( Chhabra & Kapuma 1991 [abstract only seen]) and unspecified localities ( Department of Animal Health 1933), and pigs and goats in Monze and Gwembe districts, Southern Province (Ministry of Lands and Agriculture 1979). Bovine sarcoptic mange was listed in Department of Veterinary Services (1953) and other cases from unspecified hosts and localities in Department of Animal Health (1932), Department of Veterinary Services (1954, 1955), Ministry of Rural Development (1972a –c, 1976, 1979), Ministry of Lands and Agriculture (1979), and Ministry of Agriculture and Water Development (1981, 1986, 1987a,b). In the Samfwa District of Luapula Province, Kalasa et al. (2003) reported scabies as one of the ten diseases for which people most often sought treatment.