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*Sarcoptidae
 
*Sarcoptidae
 
**[[Sarcoptes|''Sarcoptes'']]
 
**[[Sarcoptes|''Sarcoptes'']]
 
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**[[Knemidocoptes|''Knemidocoptes'']]
 
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====''Knemidocoptes''====
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[[Image:Clinical Case 2 03.jpg|thumb|right|150px|''Knemidocoptes'' Mite under Light microscope (Courtesy of C. Antonczyk)]]
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[[Image:Clinical Case 2 01.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Chicken with Scaly Leg (Courtesy of C. Antonczyk)]]
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*Only genus of burrowing mites which occurs on avian species
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*Life cycle similar to ''Sarcoptes spp.''
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*Diagnosis based on
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**Clinical signs
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**Discovery of mites
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*Repeat treatments with [[Ectoparasiticides|acaricides]] needed
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**Few products licensed for use in poultry
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'''Recognition'''
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*Small, round mite
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*Short legs
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*U-shaped chitinous bar behind head
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*Terminal anus
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*''K. mutans''
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**Scaly leg in poultry
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**Mites burrow beneath leg scales causing them to loosen and rise
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**Ragged appearance to legs and feet
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**Distorted claws and feet
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**Infected birds are usually lame
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*''K. gallinae''
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**Depluming itch in poultry
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**Burrow into feather shafts
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**Intense pain and pruritus
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**Birds pull out body feathers
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*''K. pilae''
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**Scaly face and beak in psittacines
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**Mites attack bare or lightly feathered areas of the face, beak, cere and body
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**Scaliness at the base of the beak is the first sign which then spreads
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**Little pruritus
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[[Clinical Case 2]]
 
[[Clinical Case 2]]
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[[Category:Parasites]][[Category:Mites]]
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