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Created page with '*Surface mite of cats and dogs *Also found on humans and rabbits **''C.yasguri'' (dogs) **''C.blakei'' (cats and humans) **''C.parasitivorax'' (rabbits) *Causes [[Parasitic sk…'
*Surface mite of cats and dogs
*Also found on humans and rabbits
**''C.yasguri'' (dogs)
**''C.blakei'' (cats and humans)
**''C.parasitivorax'' (rabbits)
*Causes [[Parasitic skin infections - Pathology#Cheyletiellosis|parasitic skin infestation]]
'''Recognition'''
*Waisted body
*Claw like palps on head
*Combs at ends of legs
'''Pathogenesis'''
*Highly contagious
*Mild pathogenesis
*Causes very scaly dermatitis
*Can be transferred to humans
'''Diagnosis'''
*Clinical signs
**Excess scurf
*Brush scurf onto dark paper
**'Walking dandruff' as mites will move when present in large numbers
*Skin scrapings
*Hair pluckings from scaly areas
**Eggs may be present[[Category:Non-Burrowing_Mites]][[Category:Cat]][[Category:Dog]][[Category:Rabbit]]
*Also found on humans and rabbits
**''C.yasguri'' (dogs)
**''C.blakei'' (cats and humans)
**''C.parasitivorax'' (rabbits)
*Causes [[Parasitic skin infections - Pathology#Cheyletiellosis|parasitic skin infestation]]
'''Recognition'''
*Waisted body
*Claw like palps on head
*Combs at ends of legs
'''Pathogenesis'''
*Highly contagious
*Mild pathogenesis
*Causes very scaly dermatitis
*Can be transferred to humans
'''Diagnosis'''
*Clinical signs
**Excess scurf
*Brush scurf onto dark paper
**'Walking dandruff' as mites will move when present in large numbers
*Skin scrapings
*Hair pluckings from scaly areas
**Eggs may be present[[Category:Non-Burrowing_Mites]][[Category:Cat]][[Category:Dog]][[Category:Rabbit]]