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===Identification===
===Identification===
The ''Demodex'' species have a distinctive cigar shaped appearance under microscopic examination. They have four pairs of stumpy legs on the anterior portion of the body. This distinctive long and narrow appearance allows them to burrow into and remain inside hair follicles.
The ''Demodex'' species have a distinctive cigar shaped appearance under microscopic examination. They have four pairs of stumpy legs on the anterior portion of the body. This distinctive long and narrow appearance allows them to burrow into and remain inside hair follicles.
===Detection===
Detecting ''Demodex'' species on animals requires the use of either a deep skin scrape or a hair pluck. These samples can then be prepared in liquid paraffin and analysed under a microscope. Detection of a single mite is not diagnostic as they are common commensals.
===Life cycle===
===Life cycle===