The Condition and Welfare

As UK cattle breeds are not particularly susceptible to mange, most infections are limited by grooming by the animal itself if husbandry conditions allow this and do not jeopardise animals' natural resistance to the disease. High prevalence of advanced cases of mange affected animals in a cattle herd is usually a sign of extremely poor husbandry and/or other concurrent illnesses/conditions.

As clinical mange is a distressing condition, all affected animals should be treated immediately with an efficacious preparation and further infections should be prevented effectively (see Prevention and Control).