Sarcoptic mange in pigs: l. Control strategy

Abstract

In a boar producing system situated at Concórdia, SC, Brazil, projected on the basis of the white-black principle, the introduction of the sarcoptic mange mite was prevented by examination and treatment of the animals in quarentine. The success of the program for maintaining the herd free from disease was proved by no clinic manifestation along the years, as well as, by means of the negative results obtained by cutaneous scraping examinations. These examinations were performed through sample collections from a total of 1,548 pigs from different categories, where each sample was constituted by the material collected from, both extern auditive conducts and from two or three different regions of the body surface.