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1 April 2009 Knemidokoptic Mange in Hawai`i `Amakihi (Hemignathus virens) on the Island of Hawai`i
Jacqueline M. Gaudioso, Dennis A. LaPointe, Patrick J. Hart
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Abstract

Lesions resembling knemidokoptic mange on the feet and tarsometatarsi of two Hawai`i `Amakihi (Hemignathus virens) were observed while the researchers were mist-netting wild passerines at Manuka Natural Area Reserve on the island of Hawai`i between 14 June 2007 and 19 June 2007. During subsequent mist-netting from September 2007 through February 2008, we found 26% (7/27) of the Hawai`i `Amakihi caught were similarly affected. Microscopic examination of skin scrapings from lesions of affected individuals revealed Knemidokoptes jamaicensis (Acari: Knemidokoptidae). This is the first report of Knemidokoptes spp. found in wild passerines in Hawai`i. No other wild passerines (n=573) have been found with knemidokoptic mange during our islandwide study of Hawai`i `Amakihi.

Gaudioso, LaPointe, and Hart: Knemidokoptic Mange in Hawai`i `Amakihi (Hemignathus virens) on the Island of Hawai`i
Jacqueline M. Gaudioso, Dennis A. LaPointe, and Patrick J. Hart "Knemidokoptic Mange in Hawai`i `Amakihi (Hemignathus virens) on the Island of Hawai`i," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 45(2), 497-501, (1 April 2009). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-45.2.497
Received: 10 April 2008; Published: 1 April 2009
KEYWORDS
Hawaiian Islands
Hemignathus virens
Knemidokoptes jamaicensis
knemidokoptic mange
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