| long-term study of sarcoptes scabiei infection in norwegian red foxes (vulpes vulpes) indicating host/parasite adaptation. | the red fox (vulpes vulpes) population, in norway, was naïve to sarcoptes scabiei prior to the late 1970s when this parasite was first recorded and a still ongoing epidemic started. during the course of this protracted epidemic some degree of host/parasite adaptation, with the occurrence of healthy antibody positive foxes, might be expected. in the present study the prevalence of sarcoptic mange and serologically identified s. scabiei exposure was investigated in 363 norwegian red foxes, shot by ... | 2008 | 18586406 |