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Sex-biased severity of sarcoptic mange at the same biological cost in a sexually dimorphic ungulate / López Olvera, Jorge R. (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals) ; Serrano Ferron, Emmanuel (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Servei d'Ecopatologia de Fauna Salvatge) ; Armenteros, Anna (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Servei d'Ecopatologia de Fauna Salvatge) ; Pérez Jiménez, Jesús María (Espacio Natural Sierra Nevada) ; Fandos, Paulino (Parque Natural Sierras de Cazorla, Segura y Las Villas) ; Carvalho, João (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Servei d'Ecopatologia de Fauna Salvatge) ; Velarde, Roser (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Servei d'Ecopatologia de Fauna Salvatge) ; Cano-Manuel, Francisco Javier (Espacio Natural Sierra Nevada) ; Ráez-Bravo, Arián (Espacio Natural Sierra Nevada) ; Espinosa, José (Espacio Natural Sierra Nevada) ; Soriguer, Ramón C. (Estación Biológica de Doñana) ; Granados Torres, José Enrique (Espacio Natural Sierra Nevada)
Background: In sexually dimorphic species, male susceptibility to parasite infection and mortality is frequentlyhigher than in females. The Iberian ibex (Capra pyrenaica) is a sexually dimorphic mountain ungulate endemic to the Iberian Peninsula commonly affected by sarcoptic mange, a chronic catabolic skin disease caused by Sarcoptes scabiei. [...]
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10.1186/s13071-015-1186-6
Parasites & vectors, Núm. 8 (2015)

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