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research article

Early recognition, regulatory control of cattle scab important to avoid heavy losses

authors

Dean P. Furman

publication information

California Agriculture 1(4):3-3. DOI: 10.3733/ca.v001n04p3c. March 1947.

abstract

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In California the name cattle scab is most often applied to a contagious diseased condition of the skin caused by a small mite, known as Psoroptes communis bovis, although as a general term it actually denotes skin infestations by four different kinds of mites.

author affiliations

Dean P. Furman is Assistant Professor of Parasitology and Assistant Entomologist in the Experiment Station.