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Volume 20, Number 10—October 2014
Dispatch

Knemidocoptic Mange in Wild Golden Eagles, California, USA

Aslı MeteComments to Author , Nicole Stephenson, Krysta Rogers, Michelle G. Hawkins, Miranda Sadar, David Sanchez-Migallon Guzman, Douglas A. Bell, Kenneth S. Smallwood, Amy Wells, Jessica Shipman, and Janet Foley
Author affiliations: California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory, Davis, California, USA (A. Mete); University of California, Davis (N. Stephenson, M.G. Hawkins, M. Sadar, D. Sanchez-Migallon Guzman, J. Foley); California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Rancho Cordova, California, USA (K. Rogers); East Bay Regional Park District, Oakland, California, USA (D.A. Bell); Researcher and Ecologist, Davis (K.S. Smallwood); Avian and Exotic Clinic of the Monterey Peninsula, Del Rey Oaks, California, USA (A. Wells); SPCA for Monterey County, Salinas, California, USA (J. Shipman)

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Figure 1

Golden eagle found grounded in King City, California, USA, during August 2013 (eagle 3). A) Photograph of diffuse crusting and thickening of the head, neck, and legs. B) Photograph showing severe obliteration of the skin over the eyelid and ear. C) Dissecting microscope cross-section of the affected skin, showing thick trabeculae of keratin deposition (*) and white to transparent mites (arrows).

Figure 1. Golden eagle found grounded in King City, California, USA, during August 2013 (eagle 3). A) Photograph of diffuse crusting and thickening of the head, neck, and legs. B) Photograph showing severe obliteration of the skin over the eyelid and ear. C) Dissecting microscopic cross-section of the affected skin, showing thick trabeculae of keratin deposition (*) and white to transparent mites (arrows). Original magnification ×.

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