: any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange
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That includes canine distemper, parvo, and fleas, ticks and the mites that cause mange.
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Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 29 Oct. 2024
Muirhead has been fostering Steven for over three weeks now and has helped him through his mange treatment, which included a topical medication, oral meds, pain medication, an antibiotic, fish oil for the skin, and anti-itch medication.
—Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 20 Sep. 2024
He was also exposed to rat poison and developed mange.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2024
Climate change and the spread of mange also pose hazards to the remaining populations.
—Amber Dance, Discover Magazine, 27 June 2024
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Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 29 Oct. 2024
Muirhead has been fostering Steven for over three weeks now and has helped him through his mange treatment, which included a topical medication, oral meds, pain medication, an antibiotic, fish oil for the skin, and anti-itch medication.
—Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 20 Sep. 2024
He was also exposed to rat poison and developed mange.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2024
Climate change and the spread of mange also pose hazards to the remaining populations.
—Amber Dance, Discover Magazine, 27 June 2024
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mange
noun
: any of several contagious skin diseases of domestic animals and sometimes human beings that are marked especially by itching and loss of hair and are caused by tiny mites
Medical Definition
mange
noun
: any of various more or less severe, persistent, and contagious skin diseases that are marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair and that affect domestic animals or sometimes humans
especially
: a skin disease caused by a minute parasitic mite of Sarcoptes, Psoroptes, Chorioptes, or related genera that burrows in or lives on the skin or by one of the genus Demodex that lives in the hair follicles or sebaceous glands see chorioptic mange, demodectic mange, sarcoptic mange, scabies
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