A Case Report of Severe Mange Caused by Sarcoptes scabiei of a Feral Raccoon (Procyon lotor) in Japan

Abstract

An immature male raccoon (Procyon lotor) with severe mange was captured at Kita-Hiroshima City, Hokkaido, Japan, on February 2005. The severe alopecia and crusting lesion were found on dorsal side of the raccoon, and mites obtained from the lesion were identified as Sarcoptes scabiei by both morphological and molecular biological methods (2nd internal transcribed spacer: ITS-2). The present case is the first record of mange caused by S. scabiei from free ranging raccoons in Japan.