The legend of the ferocious chupacabra, or goat sucker, has circulated around ... half bat — may just be a coyote suffering from mange, says entomologist Barry OConnor of the University of ...

Preventing the introduction of diseases onto your farm should be a major concern of every goat farmer. But while prevention should be your goal, in reality, control and management must also be ...

The creatures were blamed for attacks on goats, sheep, and other animals ... the creature is most likely a coyote in the late ...

“Mange is a skin disease caused by a mite,” O’Connor said ... O’Connor also noted that chupacabra translates to “goat sucker” in Spanish, which probably comes from an exaggeration of the notion that ...

Chupacabra in Spanish means "goat sucker," in reference to the first ... but rather a coyote suffering from a severe case of mange. An authority on the matter agrees. "It's a canine with mange ...

Additionally, TAMU researchers write that mange can cause diminished physical strength, leading the coyote to go after “easier” prey — like tied up livestock. The Chupacabra, or goat sucker ...

In almost all these cases, the monsters have turned out to be coyotes suffering from very severe cases of mange, a painful, potentially fatal skin disease that can cause the animals' hair to fall ...

vets and drone experts to find ways of dealing with outbreaks of deadly sarcoptic mange which has been devastating ibex populations in the Iberian peninsula. The Spanish mountain goat is a species ...

The chupacabra, which literally translates to "goat sucker" in Spanish ... Parks suggest that the creature is more likely a coyote with mange, and that the animal's poor health has forced it ...

vets and drone experts to find ways of dealing with outbreaks of deadly sarcoptic mange which has been devastating ibex populations in the Iberian peninsula. The Spanish mountain goat is a species ...