Really Mangey Bear (IMAGE)

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Really Mangey Bear

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A highly contagious skin disease resulting in hair loss and sometimes emaciation and death -- caused by parasitic mites -- mange has grown common and severe in Pennsylvania black bears in recent years. To find out why, a small group of biologists, immunologists and entomologists in the College of Agricultural Sciences will study bear ecology, movement and immune response

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Pennsylvania Game Commision

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