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'''Burrowing Mites
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Burrowing Mites]]'''
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*Sarcoptidae
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**'''[[Sarcoptes|''Sarcoptes'']]
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**'''[[Knemidocoptes|''Knemidocoptes'']]
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**'''[[Trixacarus|''Trixacarus''
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**'''[[Demodex|''Demodex'']]
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===''Notoedres''===
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*Known as feline scabies
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*Also common ectoparasite of tropical bats
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*Parasite of cats, rats, man and rabbits
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'''Recognition'''
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*Similar to ''Sarcoptes''
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*Less distinct angles on body surface
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*Females have suckers on legs 1 and 2
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*Females are about 225μm in length and males 150μm
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*Anal opening is distinctly dorsal (not posterior)
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'''Pathogenesis'''
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*Infection begins on the ear tips and spreads over the body
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*''Notoedres cati'' in [[Parasitic skin infections - Pathology#Notoedric mites|notoedric skin infestation]]
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*Causes dermatitis
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*Burrowing of females damages keratinocytes leading to cytokine release
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*Hypersensitivity reaction may occur
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'''Diagnosis
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*Superficial skin scraping
*A single nest in a scraping may yield many mites
*A single nest in a scraping may yield many mites
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