This term describes the clinical symptom of hyperkeratosis and alopecia that occur as a consequence of, e.g., the development of tissue cysts in connective tissues of cattle being infected with Besnoitia besnoiti or as a follow-up of scabies (Fig. 1).
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Mehlhorn, H. (2016). Sclerodermia. In: Mehlhorn, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Parasitology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-43978-4_4486
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