mange

mange

 [mānj]

a skin disease of domestic animals, due to mites.

mange

(mānj),

A cutaneous disease of domestic and wild animals caused by any one of several genera of skin-burrowing mites; in humans, mite infestations are usually called scabies.

[Fr. manger, to eat]

mange

(mānj)

n.

Any of several contagious skin diseases of mammals caused by parasitic mites and characterized by skin lesions, itching, and loss of hair.

mange

[mānj]

a cutaneous disease of domestic and wild animals caused by skin-burrowing mites. See also scabies.

mange

(mānj)

A cutaneous disease of domestic and wild animals caused by any one of several genera of skin-burrowing mites; in humans, mite infestations are usually referred to as scabies.

[Fr. manger, to eat]

mange

A common skin disease of domestic animals sometimes transmitted to people. It is caused by any one of a range of skin mites, such as Sarcoptes scabei that burrow into the skin causing intense itching. See also SCABIES.

mange

a skin disease of domestic animals, caused by a number of genera of mites and described under those headings. See chorioptic mange, demodectic mange, notoedric mange, otodectic mange, psoroptic mange and sarcoptic mange.

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auricular mange

see ear mange (below).

body mange

psoroptic mange.

ear mange

called also auricular mange; see otodectic mange, psoroptic mange.

follicular mange

demodectic mange.

fox mange

see sarcoptic mange.

head mange

notoedric mange.

incognito mange

a form of sarcoptic mange in well-groomed dogs in which lesions are virtually absent, but there is still intense pruritus.

leg mange

chorioptic mange.

notoedric mange

see notoedric mange.

otodectic mange

see otodectic mange.

red mange

synonym for sarcoptic mange in farm animals and demodectic mange in dogs.

ursicoptic mange

pruritus and alopecia caused by a sarcoptiform mite (Ursicoptes americanus) found in the follicular sinuses of bears.