mange

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Billy Joel was grateful for her attention to his three-legged black pug; Cher, less so, after her rescue dog was diagnosed with sarcoptic mange, contagious between species.

From New York Times • Jun. 19, 2024

She and colleagues came across dead rabbits and owls and an exam confirmed that one ground squirrel had died after consuming rodenticide, which makes predators such as coyotes and bobcats susceptible to mange.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 18, 2024

P-22 was also exposed to this type of poison in 2014, when National Park Service researchers captured and treated him for a skin infection caused by mange.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 14, 2023

He added the fox looked to be in very good health with no signs of sarcoptic mange - a disease that has caused a major decline in the urban fox population.

From BBC • Jan. 5, 2023

They hacked down trees in widening rings around their central halls and blistered the land with peasant huts and pigpen fences till the forest looked like an old dog dying of mange.

From "Grendel" by John Gardner