Demodectic mange in a boar carcass
Skin samples were submitted from a wild boar carcass from a game meat handling establishment. When removing the skin, the inspectors observed the presence of multiple whitish nodular lesions in the subcutaneous tissue of the skin of the animal's cranial area.
The wildlife expert pathologists who collaborate with the SESC immediately identified the lesion as demodicosis or demodectic mange. Indeed, when a smear of the contents of the nodules was performed abundant mites of the genus Demodex could be observed under the microscope .
The histological study confirmed lesions of folliculitis (inflammation of the hair follicles) and furunculosis (rupture of the follicle with inflammatory infiltrate) with abundant intralesional demodex. (EV)
Multiple whitish nodular lesions on the skin of a boar carcass.
By smearing the contents of one of the nodules, we can observe multiple mites of the genus Demodex.
Detail at bigger enlargements of one of the mites.
Histological appearance of dilated hair follicles with abundant Demodex mites inside.
